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NAPOLEON'S OKACULUM; 

OK, 

BOOI^ OIF* ZF'-A.OTEL 



The Oraculum is gifted with every requisite variety of responi$ U 
the following questions: 

1. Shall I obtain my wish? 

2. Shall I have succcess in. 1117 undertakings? 

3. Shall I gain or lose in my causet 

4. Shall I have to live in foreign parts? 
6. Will the stranger return? 

6. Shall I recover my property? 

7. Will my friend be true? 
a Shall I have to travel? 

9. Does the person love and regard me? 

10. Will the marriage be prosperous? 

11. What sort of a wife, or husband, shall I hsTef 

12. Will she have a son or daughter? 

13. Will the patient recover? 

14. Will the prisoner be released? 

15. Shall I be lucky or unlucky? 

16. What does my dream signify? 



the; perfect fortune teller. 



HOW TO WORK THE ORACULUM. 

Make marks in four lines, one under another, in the follow- 
ing njanner, making more or less in each line, according to 
your fancy : 



* 


* 


* 


* 


4c 


4: 






4e 


4c 


* 


4c 


4c 


4c 


4e 




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♦ 


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4: 


4c 


4c 


4c 


4c 


♦ 


* 


* 


4: 


4c 


4c 


4! 


4c 



Then reckon the number of marks in each lihe, and, if it 
be odd, mark down one dot; if even, two dots. If there ba 
more than nine marks, reckon the surplus ones over that num- 
ber only, viz: 
The number of marks in the first line of the foregoing are 

odd; therefore, make one mark, thus * 

In the second, even, so make two, thus, * * 

In the third, odd again, make one mark only * 

In the fourth^ even again, two marks * * 

TO OBTAIN THE ANSWER. 

You must refer to the Oraculum, at the top of which you 
will find a row of dots similar to those yoii. have produced, 
and a column of figures corresponding with those prefixed to 
the questions; guide your eye down the column at the top of 
which you find the dots resembling your own, till you come to 
the letter on a line with the number of the question you are 
trying, then refer to the page having that letter at the top» 
and, on a line with the dots which are similar to your own, 
you will find your answer. 

The following are unlucky days, on which none of the ques- 
tions should be worked, or any enterprise undertaken: Jan. 
i, 2, 4, 6, 10, 20, 22; Feb. 6, 17, 28; Mar. 24, 26; April 10, 27 
28; May 7, 8; June 27; July 17, 21; Aug. 20, 22; Sept. 5, 8'^ 
Oct. 6; Nov. 3, 29; Dec. 6, 10, 15. 

%* J* is not right to try a question twice in one day. 



A. 

What you wish for you will shortly obtain. 






Sifirnifies trouble and sorrow. 






Be very cautious what you do this day, lest trouble 
befall you. 






The prisoner dies and is regretted by his friends. 






Life will be spared this time to prepare for death. 






A very handsome daughter but a painful one. 



"^ You will have a virtuous woman or man for your 
* wife or husband. 



11^ If you marry this person you will have enemies where 
I you little expect. 



1^ constant nor true. 



You had better decline this love, for it is neither 



* Decline your travels for they will not be to your 

advanif ge. 



J* both. 



There is a true and sincere friendship between you 



•3f 

$t You will not recover the stolen property. 



The stranger will, with joy, soon return. 



,?^ You will not remove from where you are at present. 



'^ Providence will support you in a good cause. 



WW 






You are not lucky. 



1 * 


The luck that is ordained for you will be coveted by 
others. 




What ever your desires are for the present decline 
them. 




Signifies a favor or kindness from some person. 




There are enemies who would defraud and render 
you unhappy. 




With great difficulty he will obtain pardon or release 
again. 




The paitent should be prepared to leave this world. 


* 


She will have a son who will be learned and wise. 


•K-^ 
«« 
* 
* 


A rich partner is ordained for you. 


-X-4f 


By this marriage you will have great luck and pros- 
perity. 


$ 


This love comes from an upright and sincere heart. 




A higher power will surely travel with you and 
bless you. 




Beware of friends who are false and deceitful 


•3& 


You will recover your property — unexpectedly. 




Love prevents his return home at present 




Your stay is not here, be therefore prepared for a 
change. 


You will have no gain, therefore be wise and care- 
ful. 





With the blessing of God you will have great gain. 




Very unlucky indeed — pray for assistance. 


•3f 


If your desires are not extravagant they will be 
granted. 


** 
«• 
« 

** 


Signifies peace and plenty between friends. 




Be well prepared this day or you may meet with 
trouble. 


* 


The prisoner will find it difficult to obtain his pardon 
or release. 


* 
* 


The patient will yet enjoy health and prosperity. 


* 


She will have a daughter and will require attention. 


* 


The person has not a great fortune but is in mid- 
dling circumstances. 


«3f 


Decline this marriage or else you may be sorry. 


1 ^ 


Decline a courtship which may be your destruction. 


* 


Your travels are in vain; you had better stay at 
home. 




You may depend on a true and sincere friendship. 




You must not expect to regain that which you have 
lost. 




Sickness prevents the traveler from seeing you. 


vr-3f 


It will be your fate to stay where you now are. 



D. 





You will obtain a great fortune in another country. 




By venturing freely you will certainly gain doubly. 


•5f 


A higher power will change your misfortune into 
success and happiness. 




Alter your intentions or else you may meet poverty 
and distress. 


■J5- 


Signifies you have many impediments in accomplish- 
ing your pursuits. 




Whatever may possess your inclinations this day 
abandon them. 




The prisoner will get free again this time. 


-X- 


The patient's illness will be lingering and doubtful. 




She will have a dutiful and handsome son. 




The person will be low in circumstances but honest- 
hearted. ( 


-X"5f 


A marriage which will add to your welfare and 
prosperity. 




You love a person who does not speak well of you. 


•;;--x- 

•X- 


Your travels will be prosperous if guided by pru- 
dence. 


■X- 
•X- 


He means not what he says for his heart is false. 


•X-4f 
•if 

•Xr.-X- 


With some trouble and expense you may regain your 
property. 


■Jf^f- 

■X-Jf 


You must not expect to see the stranger again. 



E. 



* 
•if 


The stranger will not return so soon as you expect. 


•X 


Remain among your friends and you will do well. 




You will hereafter gain what you seek. 


•vr^ 


You have no luck— pray and strive honestly. 


* 


You will obtain your wishes by means of a friend. 


•K-5f 
•K-4f 


Signifies you have enemies who will endeavor to 
ruin you. 




Beware — an enemy is endeavoring to bring you to 
strife and misfortune, 


vt-Jf- 

* 


The prisoner's sorrow and anxiety are great and his 
release uncertain. 


•5f-5f 


The patient will soon recover— there is no danger. 


* 
* 

^ 

-* 


She will have a daughter who will be honored and 
respected. 


•5f 


Your partner will be fond of liquor and will debase 
himself thereby. 


•K- 


This marriage will bring you poverty be therefore 
discreet. 




Their love is false to you and true to others. 


■K- 


Decline your travels for the present for they will be 
dangerous. 


•>v-:f 
•;f 

vf4f 


This person is serious and true and deserves to be 
respected. 


•5f-5f 


You will not recover the property you have lost 





By persevering you will recover your property again. 




It is out of the stranger^s power to return. 


* 


You will gain and be successful in foreign parts, 

- - ■ ' I 


** 
* 
* 
** 


A great fortune is ordained for you, wait patiently. 




There is great hindrance to your success at present. 


* 


Your wishes are in vain at present. 


** 
* 
* 
* 


Signifies there is sorrow and danger before you. 


* 

1 * 


This day is unlucky, therefore alter your intention. 


^ 
* 
** 
** 


The prisoner will be restored to liberty and freedom. 




The patient's recovery is doubtful. 


** 
* 
** 
** 


She will have a very fine boy. 


•3f 

** 


A worthy person and a fine fortune. 




Your intentions would'destroy your rest and peace. 




The love is true and constant, forsake it not 


•^ 
•X-* 

* 
** 


Proceed on your journey and you wi)l not have 
cause to repent it. 




If you trust this friend you may have cause for 
sorrow. 





The love is great, but will cause great jealousy. 


-X- 


It will be in vain for you to travel. ' 


•5f 


Your friend will be as sincere as you could wish 
him to be. 




You will recover the stolen property through a 
cunning person. 




The traveler will soon return with joy. 




Y^ou will not be prosperous or fortunate in foreign 
parts. 




Place your trust in God, who is the disposer of hap- 
piness. 




Y'our fortune will shortly be changed into iiisfor- 
tune. 




Y"ou will succeed as you desire. 


•55- 


Signifies that the misfortune which threatens will be 
prevented. 




Beware of your enemies, who seek to do you harm. 




After a short time, your anxiety for the prisoner will 
cease. 




God will give the patient health and strength again. 




She will have a very fine daughter. 


v'4f 


Y ou will marry a person with whom you will have 
little comfort. 


^4f 


The marriage will not answer your expectations. 



K. 



! * 


After much misfortune, you will be comfortable and 
liappy. 


./•if 


A sincere love from an upriglit heart. 




You will be prosperous in your journey. 




- Do not rely on the friendship of this person. 


•K"5f 

* 


The property is lost for ever; but the thief will be 
punished. 




The traveler will be absent some considerable time. 


** 
* 

* 


You will meet luck and happiness in a foreign coun 
try. 


* 
* 


You will not have any success for the present. 


* 


You will succeed in your undertaking. 


* 


Change your intentions, and you will do well. 


■x-* 
* 

■5C-* 
** 


Signifies that there are rogues at hand. 




Be reconciled, your circumstances will shortly 
mend. 


* 


The prisoner will be released. 




The patient will depart this life. 




She will have a son. 




It will be difficult for you to get a partner. 



L. 



1 

4 


You will get a very handsome person for your 
partner. 




Various misfortunes will attend this marriage. 


* 


This love is whimsical and changeable. 




You will be unlucky in your travels. 


•5«- 


This person's love is true. You may rely on it. 




You will lose, but the thief will suffer most. 




The stranger will soon return with plenty. 


* 

* 


If you remain at home, you will have success. 




Your gain will be trivial. 


•Js- 


You will meet sorrow and trouble. 




You will succeed according to your wishes. 




Signifies that you will get money. 




In spite of enemies, you will do well. 


« 

^ 

■y:-?^ 
•^ 


The prisoner will pass many days in confinement. 




The patient will recover. 


1** 


She will have a daughter. 



M 

I She will have a son, who will gain wealth and 

I honor. 

*^J^ You will get a partner with great undertakings and 

•^* much money. 

IT 

^;f The marriage will be prosperous. 

H She, or he, wishes to be yours this moment. 

%% Your journey will prove to-your advantage. 

^ Place no great trust in that person. 

I You will find your property at a certain time. 



ZZ The traveler's return is rendered doubtful by his 



* conduct. 



^4f You will succeed as you desire in foreign parts. 



■5^ 

% Expect no gain ; it will be in vain. 



^!|5. You will have more luck than you expect. 



** 



^ Whatever your desires are, you will speedily obtain 



tt ^^^^• 



•3f 

It Signifies you will be asked to a wedding. 



^j^ You will have no occasion to complain of ill-luck. 



-a- 



*5f 



Some one will pity and release the prisoner. 



It The patient's recovery is unlikely. 



N 





The patient will recover, but his days are short. 




She will have a daughter. 




You will marry into a very respectable family. 




By this marriage you will gain nothing. 


■5f* 


Await the time and you will find the love great. 


•5f-5f 


Venture not from home. 


•X-5f 


This person is a sincere friend. 


•5f4f 
* 


You will never recover the theft. ^ 




The stranger will return, but not quickly. 




When abroad, keep from evil women or they will do 
you harm. 


•Jf-3f 


You will soon gain what you little expect. 


«3?- 


You will have great success. 


* 


Rejoice ever at that which is ordained for you. 


! * 


Signifies that sorrow will depart, and joy will 
return. 




Your luck is in blossom ; it will soon be at hrmd. 




Death may end the imprisonment. 



o. 



* 


The prisoner will be released with joy. 


*« 
* 

** 
^ 


The patient's recovery is doubtful. 


^ 

4C-* 

^ 
* 


She will have a son, who will live to a great age. 




You will get a virtuous partner. 


* 


Delay not this marriage — you will meet much hap- 
piness. 




None loves you better in this world. 


*« 
* 
* 
* 


You may proceed with confidence. 


* 


Not a friend, but a secret enemy. 




You will soon recover what is stolen. 




The strangei- will not return again. 




A foreign woman will greatly enhance your fortune. 


•55- 
•5f4f 


You will be cheated out of your gain. 




Your misfortunes will vanish and you will be happy. 


vr 


Your hope is in vain — fortune shuns you at present. 


•X-4f 


That you will soon hear agreeable news. 


*4f 


There are misfortunes lurking about you. 



•X- 


This day brings you an increase of happiness. 


*4f 

-.r 


The prisoner will quit the power of his enemies. u 


-.7 


The patient will recover and live long. 




She will have two daughters. 


^4f 
* 


A rich young person will be your partner. 


*4f 


Hasten your marriage — it will bring you much hap- 
piness. 




The person loves you sincerely. 


* 


You will not prosper from home. 




This friend is more valuable than gold. 




You will never receive your goods. 




He is dangerously ill, and cannot yet return. 


•5f 


Depend upon your own industry, and remain at 
home. 


4f 


Be joyful, for future prosperity is ordained for you. 




Depend not too much on your good luck. 


■7T 


What you wish will be granted to you. 




That you should be very careful this day, least any 
accident befall you. 



Q. 



* 


Signifies much joy and happiness between friends. 




This day is not very lucky, but rather the reverse. 




lie will yet come to honor, although he now su^fers.-^ 




liecovery is doubtful; therefore be prepared for the 
worst. i 




She will have a son who will prove forward. 




A rich partner but a bad temper. 




By wedding this person you insure your happiness. 




The person has great love for you, but wishes to 
conceal it. 




You may proceed on your journey without fear. 


* 


Trust him not ; he is inconstant and deceitful. 


* 


In a very singular manner you will recover your 
property. 




The stranger will return very soon. 




You will dwell abroad in comfort and happiness. 


■if 


If you will deal fairly you will surely prosper. 




You will yet live in splendor and plenty. 


1** 


Make yourself contented with your present fortune. 



THE COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON'S 

TRUE INTERPRETER OF 

DREAMS, VISIONS, OMEXS OF THE WEDDING 
DAY, &c., &C. 



INTERPrtETATION OF DKExiMS, 

And their real signification in connection with all the events 
that may happen to the person dreaming, and the aHairs of 
relatives, friends, or enemies, from birth to death! 



An angel on the wing, 
Death to the sick doth bring; 
To those in health much joy— man, woman, girl, or boy. 

Ants show you'll have good trade without adversity; 
Visits from strangers, much profit and prosperity. 

Adultery will lead you to danger and strife. 
But afiiiction will bring you to a joyful life. 

An anchor fixed, in j'our dream, will hinder your scheme, 
Bui when upliited, your elevation doth seem. 

Alliances with people, denotes quarrelling, quite. 
To learn the alphabet, lucky — not if you write; 
But to ]u-inl it, will, bring you in business, GUccess, 
Aims to tlie poor gives joy, to the rich much distress. 

To see apples, shows a wedding ; to eat sour ones, bad, 
But sweet ones will make you with prosperity glad. 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER 

Adders, if you dream of, denote many good friends, 
To bid adieu is honor, and prosperous ends. 

Broken arms shows danger, great or long arms, friendship; 
But small ones, enemies, who will your proi:;pcrity strip. 

To see an ass is bad luck, to ride one is scorn. 

To load an ass shows much toil; to beat one, you'll mourn. 

Arms, denote losses, armor, security forebodes, 

Arrows show bad luck, that you'll die poor on the roads. 

A cloudy morning twilight, shows ill luck, and grief, 
A bright sunny one will bring good news and relief 

B. 

Bacon, if you dream of, no good luck you will get. 
To catch a badger, you'll prosperity see yet; 
And if you wear on you a nice warm badger's skin, 
You shall for your heritage, a fine house live in. 

To see baking is famine, if you bake, 'tis good, 

Plenty of wealth you'll have, house, garden, fields, and wood 

To dream you hear dogs barking, is a grievous sign, 
A barber denotes, under losses you shall whine. 

Walking barefooted, denotes poverty and loss. 
Bathing in rivers, good fortune, if you don't cross; 
Clear water is best, a pond, unlucky, indeed, 
Muddy water shows crosses, suffeimg and need. 

A Darn indicates a store of money and food. 

And bats denote great storms, and strife, and news not good 

To dream of battle's rage, is joy and pleasure. 
Birds denote IucIj. in play, and a heap of treasure. 

To eat beans is a sign of quarrels and disdain. 

Bears doth show much calumny, backbiting and pain. 

To dream of men with long beards, great honor doth show, 
But with short beards, contempt and poverty you'll know. 

Black beards, gain In play; gray or red, illness and paiij, 
Mustaichos show toil and*^ trouble you shall only gain- 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

To dream of a bearded woman, signifies death, 

Or that you arc beaten, some accideut, and bad health. 

Beavers are sure signs of bad enemies and lies, 

Beds that are handsome, show riches shall be your prize. 

But a mean bed shows that poor you will be through life. 
Lying in bed forebodes illness to yourself and wife 

To dream of a beggar, a present is the sign, 
To relieve beggars shows prosperity is thine. 

To dream of begging, an inheritance doth show. 
To see one beheaded, you will die of a blow. 

To dream you hear bells, is a sign of enmity 
And if you ring them they will cause you misery. 

Large bellows blows you good news, but the small ones bad, 
To blow them yourself, you shall quarrel and be sad. 

To see roaring billows, betokens dangers great, 

Birds shot flying are false news, to catch them shows hate. 

Dreaming of bird's nests, or eggs, show good luck is thine. 
But if then you eat them, in sorrow you will pine. 

Bishops, show law suits, if they talk your cause succeeds. 
To dream of black, the heart, with sorrow always bleeds. 

Biting, denotes controversy and loud wrangling, 

Bleaching linen, shows death, and dirty clothes, jangling; 

To dream of being bled is of sickness a sure sign, 

And though you bind the vein, loss, harm, and griefs are thine 

If you dream that you are blind, misfortunes are near. 
Or of spitting blood, long illness you may fear. 

To hear the wind blow, hate and quarreling denotes. 
But music from wind instilments, friendship promotes. 

To read good books, signifies presents you'll receive. 
But bad ones wull cause all your family to grieve. 

Dreaming of a bookbinder, foretells prosperous times. 
To dream of births, or being born, are fortunate signs. 

Dreaming of being bound, or tied, is a sign of need. 
Box trees show great sorrow, and ill-paid work indeed. 



, • THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

Breeches to wear is honor, to man, maid or dame. 
To tear them brings misfortune — to every one shame. 

Drinking brandy, portends joyful news is near. 
Eating or buying bread, starvation never fear. 

Dreaming of a bridge, is elevation in life. 

If broken down, it shows difficulties and strife. 

Glittering things are sure signs of ruin and perdition. 
Brimstone shows bad luck and a wretched condition. 

Seeing a large deep brook is vexation and sorrow. 

Clear water running through the house, good news to-morrow 

Seeing and speaking to a brother shows ill luck long. 
Dreaming of buckles doth portend anger and wrong. 

To dream of buildings shows old age, with a good wife^ 
Buried alive portends that you will lose your life. 

Seeing things burning bright denotes prosperity, 
When it only glimmers, rage and perversity. 

Dry bush or underwood shows distress and grief. 
Green bushes, to trouble, promises relief. 



Dreaming of a calf denotes prosperous you*ll be. 
And a camel shows quarrelling will soon plague thee. 

Cans or tankards show pleasant news— to drink is well. 
Wax candles are lucky, tallow ones bad luck tell. 

Speaking or acting with candor, good fortune show. 
Card playing is a sign of displeasure and woe. 

A carriage is honor, but to break down is strife, 
Carrion is a sign of good times and a long life. 

Cats are enemies, bitten by them bad luck shows, 

If they should scratch you, they will bring upon you woea 

To caress them they are as false as they can be. 
To kill one is a triumph over an enemy. 



THB PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

Dreaming of cattle shows you'll be richer than I, 
Caterpillars doth losses ia trade signify. 

To see a cavern portends that your joy Is short, 
Living in one room shows poverty, as it ought. 

Dreaming of sitting on a chair denotes great respect, 
Chains showeth imprisonment, bad news, death and neglect. 

To become a chaplain shows elevation high, 
Cheese signifies good luck, to make it is to die. 

Cherries denote a quarrelsome husband or wife, 
Children are not good, if they die, 'tis good for life. 

Dreaming of women confined, does a death portend, 
A chin^ney sweeper shows good luck will you attend. 

Drinking of hot chocolate will bring you delight, 
To adore Christ will signify joy day and night. 

A church denotes disaster, praying therein is well. 
And to build a church, some one's death it doth f oretelL 

Dreaming of the clergy, is a long life to you 

Clocks are good, but if they strike, will your luck undo. 

Clothes, when they are clean, of prosperity doth tell. 
But those unclean, show sickness and some funeral knell. 

Tom clothes forebodes quarrelling, fine clothes, station high, 
l^Iean clothes denotes that in poverty you will sigh. 

Thick and heavy clouds show some error you'll commit. 
Clear clouds, under your own tree happy you will sit. 

I'o see a coach is honor, to ride is treachery. 
But a coach overturned, elevated you'll be. 

Seeing lighted coals is money and a large estate, 

But dreaming of cinders shows death will seal your fate. 

To see cocks is good news, if they crow, better still. 
And hens laving eggs will with gold your pockets fill 

To dream of drinking coffee quarrelling doth show. 
Collecting and gathering goods, is humbling to you. 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

To dream of a comb is unfortunate indeed. 

And to comb your hair, I your future sorrow reaa. 

Men's coats show riches, women's gowns, the marriage bell 
To see a comedy acted, back- biting doth tell. 

To console persons at funerals shows a sick bed, 
To be consoled yourself is, by fire you'll fall dead. 

To bind things with a cord is profit and employ, 

To dream of seeing ears of corn is a sure sign of joy. 

But to pluck corn warns you of secret enemies. 

Fields of corn, or cutting it, shows with friends you'll rise. 

To dream of a corpse is a fortune to you quite. 
Conversing with a Count, humiliation downright. 

To dream of counting things is quite unfortunate. 
Milking or killing cows foretells your prosperous state. 

Lean cows doth poverty, also famine, foreshow. 
Fat cows with plenty will your cupboards overflow. 

Dreaming of crabs is a prosperous journey for you. 
Catching or eating them, your fortune shall undo. 

Dreaming of bein^^ crown'd is loss and excitement bad. 
To pray shows a pious wife, a cross, that you'll be glad. 

To dream of any cruelty denotes good news, and strang«5g 
A. cuckoo's cry shows evil tongues will you derange. 



D. 



To dream ef dancing denotes weariness and strife. 
Darkness, forebodes a long and lingering sickly life. 

A. dark lantern reflects your secret enemies. 
Being dead is good fortune, joy, if another dies. 

Dreaming of being deaf it your marriage doth portend. 
Being in debt shows an estate and a lucky end. 

Deer denote the good news that your fortune is made^ 
To see the devil proves you'll get riches by trade. 



THE PERFECT FC^TTTInE TELLER. 

Digging graves doth portend a wedding propitious, 
Dice sliowctli discord and that your luck is vicious. 

Dishes prepared for eating a famine portend. 

To dream of a distal! sickness soon you shall end. 

To dream of digging a ditch a long journey you'll take, 
If dogs bark or bite you in fear of death you'll quake. 

Little dogs are good friends, great ones enemies bad. 
Mangy dogs show sickness, mad ones will make you sad. 

Dream of many servants is a sickly dream, 

To see dragons is scorn and ruin to your best scheme. 

Drinking plainly foretells squandering money away. 
Ducks show inundation, to catch them is bad to day. 

To seem dumb is dignity, and good luck to all, 

Dung shows good times and that plenty on you shall fall 

E. 

To see an eagle fly denotes gain and success, 
But if an eagle, sit or stand 'tis death and distress; 
If you shoot them you shall have losses by a thief. 
Or, if you catch them, you shall feel illness and grief. 

To dream of the ears is joy — long ears, confusion. 
Earwigs are signs of lawyers and prosecution. 

Earthquakes denote great changes in your future fate. 
Eating good meals shows famine, bad ones strife and hateu 

To buy eggs is ill luck, to boil them a mistake, 

To dream you make enclosures your fortune you'll make. 

An elephant denotes honor and gain to all. 

To dream of conquering enemies shows their downfall. 

To sell any estate is a misfortune great. 

But to buy one foretells a more fortunate fate. 

Blue fjyes portend joy, evil-looking, success in trade. 
Large handsome eyes show your fortune will be soon made 

Thick eyebrows is a sign you will ne'er want a friend. 
And black brows show . gob'd luck ^ thin ones*, a bad end. 



THE PERFECT FORITJKB TELLIfii&i 



To see a face in a looking-glass is long life, 
But to see it in water is hatred and strife. 

Yourself falling is bad — others, elevating, 

Fruit dropping from trees show ill-luck and vexation. 

Fallen trees and wood is honor, while you draw breathy 
But if you dream you fall 'tis sure sign of death 

Your father is fortunate, his death is ill gain. 
Lovers fighting is joy, old people, death and pain. 

Fighting with swords deliverance and freedom doth show; 
To the debtor gives help, and relief from his woe. 

To wear a plume of feathers is honor in life, 
But to trade in them portends anxiety and strife. 

Pain in the finger shows good fortune for you. 
But to cut it, unlucky; which you'll find is true. 

Seeing fire bright and clear shows happiness is near, 
To dream of fire-arms some quarreling you must fear. 

To be in a forest of fir-trees shows much pining, 
Catching fibh tells of crosses, and your trade declining. 

Foals, flowers, or flying in the air, are good omens to all 
Catching fleas denotes much trouble will you befall. 

Flax a good marriage shows, spinning it brings troubles. 
Birds, flesh, flies or foxes, denote your hopes are bubbleaw 

To dream of friends or a forge is a bad sign. 

To tell some ones fortune shows ill-luck will be thine. 

Frogs, or fruit, indicates riches and a long life. 

Furs portend you'll wealthy be, with a handsome wife. 

G. 

To dream of a garnet or coral, shows great care, 
Gai3ty, fortells trouble to the dark and fair. 

Glass or cut grass, bring crosses to husband and wift3. 

Goats or gnats, show the plots Of false friends throughout life 



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THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 



To receive guests or see ghosts, portends speedy death, 
Or if a guest yourself, famine will stop your breath. 

To dream you govern is a fortune you will save, 
The death of your wife that you will go to the grave. 

To vomit gall denotes you'll receive help in need. 
Gardens show riches, from a workhouse you are freed. 

Gaming shows bad news, losing in play is great gain. 
To dream of gold will bring luck, is a sign always plain. 

Geese, killed, roasted or eaten, joy, health and wealth bring: 
To dream of a gleaner with content you'll sing. 

A nice grass plat is, of a fine mariiage the sign, 
CiUtle grazing denotes that good-luck shall be thine. 

Grandfathers and mothers, portend wealth and long life. 
To see green color brings luck to you and your wife. 

H 

Hangmen and hanging, misfortunes and sickness show. 
If struck by hailstones much grief and illness you'll know. 

To dream you cut 5^our own hair unlucky you will be. 
White or lilack shows good-luck, but short, is poverty. 

Red liair stamps deceit, brown, the sensual and rude, 
Hair on hands unlucky is, long hair, disquietude. 

Hall of Justice, or harp-playing, shows envy and need« 
To shave or cut off heads, a relation's death read. 

Heath or forest, denotes some great enemy. 
Hemp shows ill-fate, hell, damage to property. 

Hares or hens, without young, brings pain and agony 
With young, or to shoot, or eat them, pleasure you'll see. 

Cackling hens, hawks, or (^tle, long life and success, 
Ci^m hands show good fortune, dirty, much untidiness. 

Luck and joy comes with horsemen, horse, or horse-shoe% 
To ride, or to see them, are riches and good news. 

But, if drawn by them, many cares you'll live to see^ 
While dead horses indicate much adversity. 



THE PERFECT FOBTUHE TELLEB. 

Huntsmen, show enemies, howling is a sign of joj, 
Husbandry, signifies pleasure without alloy. 

Full hives, mean riches, empty ones much povert jj. 
To see, or puM down old houses, sick you shall be ; 
But to dream of buying them, is lucky to all. 
And bad luck comes to those who sell, or see them fsS 



Using ink,, shows misery, ivory is a bad sign, 
A life of grief ivy denotes, always shall b© thin^. 

If you dream of Infanticide by your own hand; 
You'll travel, and be prosperous in a foreign land 

J. 

To see Jews or Jewesses, bad luck doth beseem, 
To sell or lose jewels. Is an unlucky dream; 
For great loses you'll have, but to buy them, is gain. 
To dream of joyful news, is death, sickness, and paira. 

Being joyous and merry, none but quarrels are thine^ 
A judge, shows you'll get money — a very good sign. 

K. 

Keys denote power, to see them, fortunate you'll be. 
Killing animals, show some accident to thee. 

Kings, or queens, mean honor, their death, many crossm. 
To dream of kids, show, in your trade yo^^ll have losses. 



A woman in labor, shows deliverance at hand, 
Lambs, indicate pleasure, riches, houses, and land. 

To go up a ladder, high in life you'll ascend. 
But to descend the same you'll come to bad end. 

To dream of lame people, you'll succeed in life well, 
Lamps, or lanterns; or larks, of good friends and luck tell 

Breaming of laths, is sickness, laughing shows luck bad. 
To have deaMngs with lawyers, portend anguish sad. 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

Leaden bullets, or learning, some good news doth sbow, 
Large green leaves, show health, dead ones, sickness and w/*e. 

Leeches, lentils, or locusts, famine, want, and sorrow, 
Leprosy, shows iMness to-day, and death to-morrow. 

To receive, or read letters, good news comes in haste, 
Love, shows fortune, and joy, with a pretty wife, chaste. 

Seeing a bright light is good, and to strike one is gain. 
To dream of lions, or lizards, good friends showeth plain. 

To dream of linen, you'll ne'er ride in your carriage, 
But lillies are a sign of a prosperous marriage. 

Dreaming of liver, denotes you'll soon resign breath, 
A looking-glass shows naught good, but generally death. 

M. 

Mad people, or merchants, foretell profit and joy. 
To salute a young maid, trouble shall you annoy. 

To put on a mantle, shows a situation. 

To put off one, is disappointment and vexation. 

To dream of going to market, is a sickly sign, 

And to eat roast meat, death and misfortune are thine; 

But to buy it, at cards ;^^ou shall be a winner. 

Mice, shows great gain and that you'll ne'er want a dinnei 

Dreaming of ?« mad wife treachery does indicate, 

Milk shows triumph over enemies, and a prosperous fate. 

Flour and other mills are lucky, coffee mills, bad, 
A miller signifies good friends who'll make you glad. 

An impleasant visit you'll have, if miners you see. 
To dig mines is hard work and little profit to thee. 

Being miserable or seeing misery denotes disgrace, 
Or mixing up things you may therein quarrels trace. 

Monks indicate many crosses and vexation. 

Seeing or getting money, joy, marriage and station. 

To dream of great heaps shows losses and sorrow. 
To find money (not gold) bad luck to-morrow. 



THE PERFECT FORTtTNE TELLER. 

Monkeys portend sickness, also success in love, 
If tliey dance you'll be as happy as a young dove. 

A clear moon shows much gain — a fiery one, honor, 
A red moon, a good wife to love and dote on Ler; 
If a halo around it, you'll succeed in play. 
But if 'tis pale or clouded, unlucky next day. 

Women dreaming of mortar, their husbands shall beat^ 
But the men shall prosper and have plenty to eat. 

To see your own mother is a fortunate dream. 

And high mountains denotes great honor and esteem. 

Mushrooms forebode happiness of short duration. 
To hear music is sorrow and tribulation. 

To see murder shows long life— a murderer, good news, 
Mowing is sickness and death to Christians and Jews. 



N. 



Pleasant news will come if you hear caird your own name, 
Others naked show wealth — yourself naked is shame 

Needles, point at hatred, to thread them inquietude, 
Nightingales show deceit, over which you shall brood. 

A negro indicates joyful tidings for you, 

Women's nipples show love and you'll pass well life through 

To dream of playing at nine-pins is a lucky sign, 

A nun signifies high station and wealth shall be thine. 



o. 



If you dream of seeing old men fortunate you'll be. 
But old women shall cause much vexation to thee. 

Old clothes signify fire — perhaps very next morn. 

Old buildings show contempt, trouble, losses and scorn. 

An oak forest f ortells great success in business. 

But oats or onions, much suffering, want and dibtress. 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

To dream you trade with oil is fortunate indeed, 
An organ sbows prosperity — to play, want and need 
If they aiB mournful tunes, but merry ones are good, 
A full orchard tells you'll have houses land and wood. 

To heat, or bake in an oven good tidings doth show, 
To see owls or hear them screech portends to you woe. 

To feed, buy, or slay oxen, shows riches shall you bleso. 
If they toss any one, in love you'll meet success. 



Pack&qes show trouble with your children you'll see, 
Palm-t:ees signify wealth and honor comes to thee. 

Parade or pomp denotes some unlucky accident. 
To dream of parents, money will be to you sent. 

To pay bills foretells you'll starve in rags without shoes. 
But to see Paradise is a sign of joyful news. 

Ripe peaches or pears betoken fortune and friends. 
Pearls bring all people tears and foretell their bad ends. 

To dream of peasants signifies sociality. 
Pictures show deceit, to sell them, prosperity. 

Pigeons denote a happy life with friends sincere, 

A pitcher broken is death — to drink from, sickness and fear 

To dream you pity some one is adversity, 

A plough or planks denote a wedding you shall see. 

Poison signifies death, misfortunes and a snare. 
Pomegranates portend grief, vexation and care. 

To se crowds of poor people tells of quarrelling, 
Porcelain shows o'er winnings at play you'll loudly sing 

To draw some one's portrait a lucky journey you'll take, 
Drawing your own shows that a fortune you will make. 

To dream of a potter shows misfortune and death. 
Pots signifiy good friends, poverty, famine and death 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELIfiR. 

To dream that you preach, it much ilhiess doth foretell. 
But to hear others preach, in life you sliall do well. 

To imagine yourself pregnant forebodes much grief. 
To take presents is distress — to give one, relief. 

To talk to a prince is lucky, dangerous also, 

A prison shows deceit and much trouble you shall know. 

Printing tells of quarrels about an inheritance. 
And profit in trade denotes a good sustenance. 

Dreaming of prostitutes foretells shame and disgrace. 
Gathering of plums or prunes denotes pride, poT?ver and place \ 

i 
To dream you are in prison, from trouble you'll be freed, j 

To trade with iron or use iron tools, shows pain, death, and need j 

Q. ; 

] 

Fourfooted quadrupeds doth denote friends faithful, j 

Quails are like troublesome guests whose company is hateful ■ 

To dream of a queen shows friends, honor or eatate, ' 

Quarrelling, illness and other evils indicate. j 



R. 

To dream of torture by the rack is a good sign. 
Rainbows make the poor rejoice and the rich to whine. 

Rats, ravens, or reeds show ill-will, death and disgrace. 
Red colors show quarreling, riches, troubles apace. 

Rising of the dead shows honors you may look for. 
Riding in a coach — you'll rise and be poor no more. 

To dream of large rings put in prison you shall be, 
Small finger-rings denotes grandeur you will see. 

To lose a ring is sickness, to receive one strife, 
Gold rings bring great honor, silver rings a quiet life. 

To rise from bed forebodes sickness, from the ground, care, 
And good news if you dream that you rise from a chair. 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

Narrow and crooked roads are unlucky, very, 

Brosd and even roads shows you'll travel through life merry 

Running signifies pursuit and much vexation, 
A rupture shows loss in trade and tribulation.' 

Good will with enemies rushing of water shows. 
And a lucky sign it is to dream of repose. 



To dream of a sabre is great elevation^ 

Sacks show good tidings to folks in any station. 

To dream of salad or salt is of sickness the sign. 

And salve or ointment denotes much ill-will shall be thine. 

To dream of scales or scissors is a sign of good trade, 
Scissor-grinders show friends who will render you aid. 

Watch-seals denote employ, money and a carriage, 
A scratch or a cut is a sign of marriage. 

Schools or shambles portend fighting and vexation, 
A shepherd denotes a peaceable station. 

Sheep are si.9:ns of plenty, to guard them brings luck rare, 
Ships foretell good fortune to the dark and the fair. 

To dream you suffer shipwreck shows care and crosses, 
To put a shirt on, gain, to pull one off, losses. 

Seeing a shoemaker or shoes is death and mourning. 
Shooting or shot is also anger and storming. 

Shops signify in business you'll lose eveiy hour. 
Dangers in storms expect when you dream of a shower. 

Bilk brings luck to man, woman, girl, or boy, 
Silver forebodes good trade and matrimonial joy. 

To dream of clear skies your trade is but a bubble 
Skeletons or skins of animals betoken much trouble. 

To see a sleeping-room is a fortunate sign. 

But to dream of sliding, nought but troubles are thine. 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

To think you've the small-pox, money you will receiT§, 
Smoke from fire denotes dissensions and that you'll grieve 

Snails show envy, useless toil, and transportation, 
Snakes, that you have enemies and tribulation. 

Anger and quarrels are signified by a spear, 
Spectacles, to wear them, indicates honor near. 

To dream you see spinning shows an unsettled state, 
Springs of water denote long life and riches great. 

Large squares show great estates, small squares, adversity. 
Squirrels, a prosperous marriage blest with a family. 

To see stags is fortunate, to shoot them, not so. 

Bright stars show great delight, dull stars, sorrow and woe 

Stepfather or mother showeth persecution. 

To seem walking on stilts, trouble and delusion. 

Stones show that you will discover your enemies. 
Storks betoken many good friends and true allies. 

To strike a person is good luck, yourself struck is bad, 
A bright sun gladdens the poor but makes the rich sad. 

To dream of suckling shows to poor prosperity. 
To the single, marriage, and to the rich, adversity. 

To dream of swans or swine is joy to dark or fair. 
Or to see swallows fly is a sure sign of care. 

Dreaming of a stable shows trouble and anguish. 
Swimming signifies you'll soon obtain your wish. 



To dream of a table denotes luck and gladness. 
Tailors always show great cares, trouble and madness* 

Tears denote you'll obtain a good situation. 
Teeth falling out is good, to break them, vexation; 
To put them in is bud luck, you'll resign your breath. 
Hollow teeth are good friends, to swallow them is death. 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TILLER 

A tempest and a ship distress't are dangerous signs, 
Thieves show bad trade and losses, and unhappy timei. 

Thirst denotes useless hopes, to quench your thirst is joy 
If you cannot quench it, illness will you annoy. 

Thorns and thistles doth calamnities betoken, 

To suppose your throat is sore shows joy unbroken. 

If you dream of tickling, and you'r sick, don't wonder. 
Good news from a friend is shown by hearing thunder. 

To eat your tongue is death, toads are unfortunate. 
Torches show funerals, to wipe on towels a bad fate. 

To see towns is favorable, to travel through them care, 
Trading, in traveling, bad luck to the dark or fair. 

To dream of digging up treasures is unfortunate. 
To find, shows gladness, to collect, a wretched state. 

Trees loaded with fruit success in business doth show, 
Green trees honor and riches, decayed ones much woe. 
To cut down another's trees, enemies you'll defeat, 
Full blossm'd trees shows your happiness is complete. 

To stand, or be brought before courts is vexation. 
A truck is a sign of want and tribulation. 

Turnips show to both sexes, ill toil and bad ends. 
To dream of tinder betokens many good friends. 



U. 



To dream of a unicorn is unfortunate, 
Unchastity promises a fortunate fate. 

Unquietness shows good to man, woman, girl or boy. 
For, all who dieam of it, shall have plenty and joy. 



V. 

To dream of vaults wherein are dead, sorrow portends^ 
Venison shows to rich ill luck, to poor a sad cud. 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

Villages, ill-paid toil and bad luck signify, 
Travelling through them is suffering, perhaps to die; 
If one burn, 'tis welfare ; vines, a happy marriage. 
And if you pluck the grapes you'll ride in your carriagCL 

To dream you hear a violin play shows happiness. 
To play on it, anger, disasters and distress. 

W. 

1 o believe you're a wagoner it doth good beseem. 
To see one, or wander, an unlucky dream. 

Wasps denote enemies; war is a lucky sign. 

To dream of washing denotes plenty shall be thine. 

Dreaming of watchmen or policemen treachery denote. 
Thick dirty water shows with trouble you'll be smot.e 

Clear cold water foretells that you'll be fortunate. 

Deep is dangerous, hot, show snares, frozen, a good fate, 

All weapons mean evil tongues and snares laid for you, 
A weasel shows a quarrelsome wife you'll be wedded to. 

To dream of being wedded unfortunate you'll be. 
To be at another's wedding brings luck to thee. 

To dig a well indicates trouble and sorrow, 
A wen on the neck tells of a death to-morrow. 

To dream of weavers at work bespeaks a good fate. 
To buy corn, inquietude, to sell, a happy state. 

To see one wheel, shows in marriage, vexation, 
Many wheels portend fortune, joy and high station. 

If you dream of a widow it foretells good news, 

Or widower — you'll wed the best wife you can choose. 

A man ^o dream he takes a wife shows prosperity. 
To see her die, that he'll be free from adversity. 

To dream you see wild beasts much happiness indicates, 
j^ window open doth to successful work relate. 

Luck is shown in drinking wine, news in a wine-glas3» 

A wine-cellar shows your sick bed where months yeu'll pass. 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

To dream that you hear the wind roar is happiness. 
Or, to wish for anything, false news and distress. 

To dream of wood or woolens denotes easy life, 
A wolf or worms show hidden enemies and strife. 

Dress'd as a woman shows want, hidden enemies and lies. 

But to kiss one, much luck and gain it signifies; 

To only see a woman is talk, false and sly, 

And separation from friends when you see one die. 

Being in a wood is a sign you will mourning wear. 
Wrestling or wrangling shows fighting, siclmess and care. 

To dream of a wreath is scorn, without flowers is woe, 
But if you are writing no want you shall e'er know. 



To dream you'r young shows you'll soon resign your breath, 
Yew trees is a certain sign of sickness and death. 

To carry yam to the weaver denotes travelling, 

To dream of youths or yeomen much money jou'll wis. 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

ALECTROMANCY. 



Trace a circle and inscribe upon its edge the letters ol the 
alphabet. Place a grain of wheat upon each letter. Place a 
cock in the center of the circle and note down the letters cor- 
responding to the grains as he swallows them. Unite them to- 
gether and you have a satisfactory answer to the question pro- 
posed Care must be taken to replace the grains as the cock 
devours them, for the same letter may be repeated many times 
in the same phrase. 

The Emperor Valentine made use of this definition to ascer- 
tain who would be his successor. The grains swallowed by 
the cock, corresponded to the letters T, H, E, O, D. He con- 
sequently concluded the sovereignty would be claimed by 
Thcodorus, his secretary, whom he caused to be put to death. 
But the prediction was nevertheless verified, because Theo- 
dosius, the Great, succeeded Valentius. 



SEAFARING SIGNS. 



Sailors consider it ominous to whistle on shipbo&rd, or carry 
a corpse in their vesseL Whistling at sea is supposed to cause 
Increase of the wind, and is, therefore, much disliked by sex- 
men, though sometimes they themselves practise it when there 
is a dead calm. The common sailors consider it very unlucky 
to lose a water-bucket or a mop. To throw a cat overboard, or 
drown one at sea, is the same. Children are deemed lucky to a 
Bhip, but clergymen and priests very unlucky. 

To stumble and fall while going up the companion-way or in 
going aloft, is a sign that you will not get married during the 
year. If a man stumbles as soon as he comes on deck in the 
naorning, it is a sign of ill-luck. The bottom ot the foot itching 
is a sign that the person will walk on strange ground. A cat 
coming aboard a vessel betokens good luck. To first see a new 
moon over the left shoulder is a sign of bad luck, but over the 
right is good. 



MADAME DESTAEL'S 
BOOK OF NECEOMANCY, 



AND MANUAL OF 



FORTUNE TELLING. 

There are 8 hieroglyphics, containing 4 circles crossed over 
each other, and distinguished by their central figures, num- 
bered from 1 to 8. 

The person who intends to tell the Fortune of another by 
these Hieroglyphics, if a Female, for example, must first blind- 
fold her, then lead her to the book opened in the middle of 
those pages containing the Hieroglyphics, and desire her to 
wish in her mind privately, and afterwards select by chance 
either one of the 8 pages of Hieroglyphics. 

She must next point her finger lo, and touch one of the cir- 
cles in the chosen Hieroglyphic, containing t capital Roman 
Letter; after that operation unbandage her eyes, and show her 
the corresponding letter and its small number in the lines 
above, or below the same Hieroglyphic, against which is her 
fortune. 

For amusement they can be cut into cards, and laid in a cir- 
cle after shuffling, and answers may then be obtained by the 
same operations. 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

Kindness unto your lover show. 
That lover you will wed I know. 

Parted from friends you soon shall be. 
Marry and go across the sea. 

Look for a letter with news strange, 
For the better your affairs will change. 

Dream of wealth you may, dreams won't do^, 
Hard work and poor fare are for you. 




5. Jump for joy I you'll have a fair boy. 
Who'll plague you much — your life away, 

6. Over the water you shall cross, 
Much wealth gain with a greater loss. 

7. Fair is the partner you shall wed. 
Whose ways and temper I much dread. 

8. You will lucky be at thirty. 
Bury one drunken and dirty. 



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9. Fortune on you now does not snille. 
Bu^ will bring you luck ere while. 

10. Weddings three, in you house I see. 
For two sweet lasses and for these. 

11 Another lover you should seek, 

No more unto your false one speak. 

12. There's a surprise ; on you will call, 
Strangers whose news shall you appaL 




Great will be your consternation. 
Money lost must cause vexation. 

14. Question not the decrees of fate! 
Death strikes the poor as well as great 

15. Life at present is hard vrith you 
Some better luck I see in view. 

16. Husband or wife, if you draw this. 
Vexation and strife you scarce can miss. 



THE PERFECT FORTUKE TELLER. 

17. United in wedlock you'll be. 

Have children, and grand-children three, 

18. Before this year is well nigh o*er, 
Some property you'll gain at law. 

19. Dark the spouse is you shall marry. 
Don't with your false fair one tarry. 

20. Owls in search of prey, shun the light. 
Your owlish sweetheart walks at night. 




21. Husbands in plenty, wives many. 
Those who draw this get not any. 

22 Jealousy so torments your mind, 
To be single you'd serve mankind. 

23. Dangerous to travel ; stay at home ; 

In your own land you're doom'd to roam. 

24. Many misfortunes you must see, 
But in middle-life fortunate bv>. 



TilE PEHFECT FOUTUNE TJ.LLEB. 

IW. A relation leaves yon by will. 

Money that shall your pockets fill. 

26. Houses and lands, and gold in store, 
There's a time when you'll want no more. 

27. Ever unfortunate and poor, 

You'll yet avoid the worldiouse door. 

28. Sing and laugh, that yet you may, 
Bad" luck will make you weep some day. 




29, Rags for riches you shall exchange, 

A large house and park in which to range. 

30. Children, man)" a partner cross. 
Is your sad lot with a heavy loss. 

81. Prepare to change for the better, 
Some good news comes in a letter. 

32. Under the mask of friendship's face, 
In your lover deceit I trace. 



THE PEKFECT FOKTtJNE TELLER. 



88. Blessings on you and yours shall shower. 
You'll rise to wealth, honor and power. 

84 Letters will come with tidings great. 
Soon you alter your present state. 

85. Quiet and humble your time will spend. 
In a cottage your life shall end. 

86. Silver and gold by trade youll earn. 
Yet all shall fail and your house bunu 




Enemies injure your good fame, 

Yet o'er them all shall shine your name. 

38. In foreign lands you yet shall roam. 
Return with riches to your home. 

39. You at this time are in great need, 
But shall emigrate and succeed 

40. Fair and fat is the one you'll wed 
But will soon wish that one was dead. 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

41. Wait, my dear, for a little while, 
Good Dame Fortune on you shall sraila 

42. Now I can hear a parting breath, 
In your family there will be a death. 

43. Kings shall ennoble your family, 
And Queens improve your destiny. 

44. Endure, sweet love, your single state. 
Soon you shall wed a loving mate. 




45. Marry you shall a cross fool, 

Who will starve you on water gruel. 

46. A lazy, drunken sot, you'll wed, 
Though you may wish your first one dead 

47. In after life look for things strange. 
For the better your luck shall change. 

48. Roam you shall in Australia's clime. 
There live to see a better time. 



THE PERFECT FORTITNE TELLER 

49. Quickly prepare to change your state, 
You'll wed a poor hardworking mate. 

50. On a ship's deck some night you'll stand, 
And be half -drown'd ere you reach land. 

51. Houses you'll win, and lose by law, 
At one time rich, then rich no more. 

62. Vexed oft you are, vexed more you'll be. 
Misfortunes are marked out for thee. 




Want shall many years at you stare. 
At last you'll get a fortune fair. 

54 Boys ten, and girls eight, are your lot, 
You must work hard to boil the pot. 

55, Just as you're married you shall see, 
A will that must change your destiny. 

56. Great will be your surprise ere long, 

A supposed friend has done you wrong. 



THE PEBFECT FORTUNE TELLEB. 

67. Riches you wish for but too soon, 

You were born with a wooden spoon. 

58. Changed for the worst is now your fate, 
'Twill change for better before late. 

59. Ever unlucky for some years. 
Luck at 40 shall dry your tears. 

60. Now to foreign climes emigrate. 
In that land you'll better your fate. 




61. Kneel you shall at the altar's shnne. 
And wed a wealthy person fine. 

62. Great deal of trouble you'll endure, 
'Tis your lot to be very poor. 

63. In a short time new^s will surprise, 
And money brighten up your eyes. 

64. Vineyards have grapes sour for your taste, 
The sweets of f jrtune you shall waste. 



HINTS TO YOUNG LADIES 



TO TBACE 



THE MIND TO OUTWARD SIGNS 



If the man you contemplate have thick red lips, he will be 
simple, good natured and easily managed. 

If he speak quick but distinct, and walk firm but erect, he 
"v^ill be ambitious, active, and probably a good husband. 

If he blush, it is a favorable sign ; but speaking bluntly and 
I>ositively betokens much of headstrong self-w ill. 

If he lose at cards snappishly, he is impatient; and to cheat 
at play for gain shows a mind unworthy of trust. , 

If he boasts of a lady's favors, he is to be avoided. 

If he look pale in a passion, with pale lips, he cannot have 
either true love or real courage to defend you. 

If he have a manly dark beard, or a handsome nose, he will 
be furnished with good qualities and abilities to please. 

. If he be of a yellow complexion, it implies moroseness and 
Jealousy; if he have a pug nose, snappishness and vulgarity. 

If he be beetle-browed, it shows duplicity and fickelness. 

If he have a dimple on the cheek or chin, he will be the 
fatlier of a handsome race, and generous. 

If he truly love the woman he addresses, he will keep him- 
self chaste and unspotted from the world. 



I 



THE 



Signification of Dreams, 

DXFKESSED IN NUUBEBS. 



Acquaintance. — Dreaming you fight them, signi- 
fies distraction, especially if the person dreaming is 
sick. 1, 11, m 

Ague. — Dreaming that you have one, shows an in- 
clination to strong drink, spices, and other hot 
things. - 3, 4, 15 

Air. — To dream you see it clear and serene, shows 
you will be beloved and esteemed by all people, and 
that you shall be reconciled to all. But to dream 
that the sir is dark, cloudy, and troubled, denotes 
sadness and sickness. 7, 8, 63 

Alms. — To dream that they are begged of you, and 
you deny them shows want and misery to the dream- 
er; but to dream you give them freely is a sign of 
joy and long life. 23, 26, 2S> 

Anchor. — Dreaming you see one si^ifi^s great as- 
surance, and certain hope to all men. 12, 13, 23 

Anger.— To dream that you have been provoked 
to anger, shows that you have many very powerful 
enemies. 16, 18, 26 

Ants. — Dreaming of them shows an earthly, cov- 
etous mind. 9, 27, 33 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLKB. 

Apparel— Dreaming your apparel is pro^per, de- 
notes prosperity and happiness. 4, 14, 24 

To dream of white apparel is good only for priests. 
For the siek lo dream of white apparel denotes death. 9, 33, 55 

To dream of black apparel signiies the recovery 
of the sick 8, 17, 31 

For rich men and servants to dream of being ar- 
rayed in scarlet robes is a signification of honor and 
liberty. 15, 25, 32 

Apples. — To dioam you see and eat sweet, ripe ap- 
pleu denotes joy. 7, 18, 21 

To dream of sour apples signifies contention and 
strife. 17, 23, 31 

Ass. — To dream j^ou see an ass is a sign of malice. 
To dream you hear an ass bray shows you will meet 
with some loss. To sec an ass run denotes trouble 
and misfortune. 4, 7, 12 

Back. — To dream you see your back betokens 
some unhappiness. To dream your back is broken 
shows your enemies shall get the better of you. To 
dream of the backbone signifies health and joy. 1, 5, 9 

Bagpipes. — To dream you play them uenotes a 
great deal of trouble. 13, 21, 65 

Banquet. — To dream of a feast is good and pros- 
perous. 16, 19, 22 

Barley Bread. — To dream you eat it betokens long 
life and health. 11, 13, 15 

Barn. — Dreaming you see a barn stored with corn 
shows you shall marry rich. 4, 24, 52 

Bathing, — Dreaming of a bath, and the water ap- 
pearing clear, you are sure to prosper. 17, 19, 40' 

Beans.— Dreaming of eating beans betokens ill- 
heallh and trouble. 4, 15, 24 

Bear.— To dream you see an old bear denotes you 
have a rich enemy. 2, 5, 9 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

Bees.~Dreamin:T that bees alight on you, and do 
you no injury, you ill be carressed by worthy char- 
acters, if ihcy sting you end then fly away, it bodes a 
momentary injury. 12, 17, 46 

Beheading. — To dream that one has been beheaded, 
and that the head is separated from the body, de- 
notes liberty to the prisoner, comfort to those in dis- 
tress, liealth to the sick, and to creditors, payment 
of debts. 8, 17, 35 

Belly.— To dream one one*s belly is bigger and lu\ 
ler than ordinary, shows his lamily and estate will 
increase proportionably. according to the greatness of 
his belly. 10, 30, G3 

^ Birds. — Dreaming that you catch birds is a sign of 
protit, and to hear birds sing, is joy and deliglit. 55, 57, 60 

Blindness. — To dream you are blind, denotes 
poverty. 4, 6, 9 

Blackbird. — To dream you see and hear a black- 
bird and thrush singing upon the same tree, shows a 
female will have two husbands, and a male two 
wives. 6, 13, 65 

Blood. —To dream you vomit much blood, and of 
a good color, is good for he that is poor, to dream 
you vomit corrupt blood is sickness to all. 2, 5, 9 

Boat. — To dream that you are in a boat upon a 
river, lake, or pond of clear water, indicates joy, but 
if the weather be rough and tempestuous, the con- 
trary. 12, 19, 64 

Bridge. — For one to dream he goes over a broken 
bridge, signifies obstruction to business. 8, IG, 31 

Butchers. — To dream of seeing butchers, is in 
general an unlucky omen, for it foretells some injury 
to the dreamer. 4, 11, C8 

Cage. — To dream that a maid lets a bird out of a 
cage is a sign she will not keep her honor long, but 
^ill part wtth it as soon as she can. 19, 28, 30 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

Candle. — To dream you see a candle extinguished, 
denotes sadness, sickness, and poverty ; to dream you 
see a shining lighted candle, is good to the sick, to 
dream you make candles, is a sign of rejoicing, to 
dream you see unllghted c:indles, shows you will 
have a reward for something you have done. 8. 10, 54 

Cards. — To dream you play at cards, tables, or 
any other game, shows the party shall be very for- 
tunate. 63 64, 65 

Carrots.— To dream of carrots, denotes profit. 16, 58, 60 

Cart. — To dream of being tied in a cart, to draw 
like a horse or an ass, denotes servitude and pain to 
everybody, to dream that you are carried in your 
coach or cart, signifies to have might and authority. 7, 9, 11 

Cattle. — To dream of keeping cattle, portends dis- 
grace and loss to the rich, but profit to the poor, to 
dream of fat cattle, shows a fruitful year, but lean 
cattle, a scarcity. 16, 25, 57 

Clieese. — To dream you eat cheese, is a sign of 
profit. 5, 13, 26 

Children. — To dream that a man sees two or three 
children born, shows he shall have cause of joy. 
It is better to dream that you see boys than girls. 8, 12, 26 

Clock. — To dream the clock strikes, and that you 
count, but that instant it stands still, forebodes death 
to some old friend, but if the hand moves again, the 
party will recover. 4, 17, 27 

Clothes. — If a man dreams he has a new suit of 

clothes, it is a sign of honor. But to dream that you 

see your clothes burned, denotes loss and damage. 

. Dreaming you see yourself dressed in black clothes, 

denoies joy 16, 18, 28 

Clouds. — To dream of white clouds, is a sign of 
prosperity, clouds mounting high from the earlh, de- 
notes voyages and return to the absent and reveal- 
ing of secrets. Clouds red and inflamed, show an 
ill issue of affairs ; to dream of smoky, or obscure 
clouds, shows an ill time, or anger 19, 22, 46 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

Coach.— To dream of a coach drawn by four 
horses, and that the dreamer is delighted with the 
jaunt, either he or she may expect something will 
transpire to give joy and satisfaction in a month 
after. 23, 42;, 64 

Coals.— To dream you see dead coal, signifies expe- 
dition in business, to* dream you see burning coals, 
threatens you with shame and reproach. 7, 16, 28 

Coal-pit. — To dream of being at the bottom of 
coal-pits, indicates a match with a widow. 9, 25, 53 

Cucumber. — Dreaming of eating cucumbers, de- 
notes vain hopes, but to the sick it is a prognostic of 
recovery. 8, 19, 23 

Dancing. — To dream that you see yourself dance, 
is good, but to him that is sick, or has any disease, 
it is evil. 6, 17, 22 

Dark. — If one dream of being in the dark, and 
that he cannot find his way, denotes that the party so 
dreaming, shall be blinded with some passion, and 
much troubled. 14, 39, 50 

Death. — Dreaming of death, signifies a wedding. 
For the sick to dream they are married, or that they 
celebrate the wedding, betokens death, or separation 
from her or his companions, friends, or parents. 15, 30, 44 

Devil. — Dreaming that one has seen the devil, and 
is tormented, or otherwise very much terrified, is a 
sign the dreamer is in danger of being checked and 
punished by his sovereign prince or some magistrate. 5, 37, 43 

Digging. — Dreaming you are digging is good, but 
to dream that your spades, or digging tools seem to 
be lost, it portends loss of labor, dearth of corn, or 
an ill harvest 18, 29, 41 

Ditch. — Dreaming you see great ditches or pre- 
cipices, and that you fall into them, shows that you 
will suffer much injury, and your goods be in danger 
by fire. 4, 11 44 

Dogs. — To dream of such dogs as belong to us, 
signify fidelity, but to dream of those which belong 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

*o strangers, means infamous enemies. Dreaming 
that a dog barks and tears our garments, betokens 
some endeavoring to deprive us of our livdiliood. 7, 9, 28 

Drinking.— Dreaming you are drinking when you 
are very dry, is a sure sign of sickness. 

Eagle. — Dreaming you see an eagle in some high 
place is a good sign. If one dreams that an eagle 
lights upon his head, it betokens his death. 

Earth. — To dream that a man hath good lands, or 
earth well enclosed bestowed upon him, with pleas- 
ant pastures, he will have a fine wife. If you dream 
you see the earth black, it betokens sorrow, ^ 

Eclipse. — If one dream that he sees the sun 
eclipsed it signifies the loss of his father, but if he 
sees the moon eclipsed m his dream, it foretels the 
death of his mother, but if the dreamer have neither 
father nor mother, then the death of the next nearest 
relation. 

Elephant. — To dream of elephants is very favor- 
able, and denotes riches and sagacity. 

Evil Spirit. — Dreaming you see an evil spirit of a 
hideous physiognomy, shows that things will be re- 
vealed to you 

Eyes. — If you dream you have lost your eyes, : 

shows you will violate your word, or else you or 1 

some of your children is in danger of death. 7, 25, 36 

Eye Brow. — Dreaming your eyebrows are hairy, 
and of a good gitlce, is good, especially to women. 
But the eye brows without hair, shows she will be 
afraid to marry. 

Earth-worm — Dreaming of earth-worms betokens 
secret enemies that endeavor to ruin and destroy us. 7, 11, 14 

Face. — Dreaming you see a smiling face and coun- 
tenance is a sign of joy. Dreaming you see a mea- 
gre, pale face, is a sign of trouble. Dream one 
washes Iiis face, implies repentance for sin, a black 
face denotes long life. 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER, 

Fall. — Dreaming you had a fall from a tree, and 
scratched by thorns, signifies you shall lose your 
office. 82, 44, 53 

Father-in-law. — To dream one sees his father-in- 
law, is ill, whether he is dead or alive. 13, 15, 17 

Fairs. — Dreaming of going to fairs, foretells sud 
den loss. 4, 11, 44 

Feet. — Dreaming that a man's feet are cut off, is a 
sign of damage. Dreaming one hath a wooden leg, 
implies alteration of your condition, from good to 
bad. Dreaming you walk when your feet are sore 
is a token of fastening. 2, 15, 22 

Fields.— To dream of fields and pleasant places, 
shows to a man that he will have a discreet and 
chaste wife, and to a woman a loving and prudent 
husband. 15, 21, 64 

Fingers.— To dream you cut your fingers, or see 
them cut by another, betokens damage. 8, 13, 22 

Fire. — For a married person to dream that the fire 
burns clear, and the smoke spins from the chimney, 
is a good omen, but to dream that the fire is difficult 
to light, and the smoke returns to the ground, is a 
sign that matrimony will prove incomplete. If the 
fire ceases to burn, it is a sign of separation. 3, 7, 19 

Fish. — To dream you see or catch large fish, it is 
a token of profit. A woman with child to dream 
she is brought to bed of a fish, shows that she will be 
delivered of a dead child. 23, 41, 03 

Flesh. — If any one dream he has increased in flesh, 
he will gain wealth. On the contrary, to dream you 
have got thin, shows that you will become poor. 3, 6, 35 

Funeral. — Dreaming one goes to the funeral of a 
friend is good, the dreamer will have money left him, 
or marry fortune. 7, 8, 16 

Garden. — Dreaming you walk in a garden and 
gathering flowers, the party so dreaming is given to 
pride. 17, 23, 36 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

Geese. — If you dream of the cackling of geese, 
you will have an increase of business, and much 
profit. 4, 7, 6 

Gibbet. — Dreaming you see a person suspended on 
a gibbet is a token of a hurt and heavy affliction. 15, 23, 86 

Goat. — If you dream of goats, it betokens 
wealth. 15, 33, 36 

God. — Dreaming you worship God, is good. If 
you dream you receive pure favors from him it 
shows health. 8, 11, 23 

Ground. — To dream you fall on the ground be- 
tokens dishonor, scorn, scandal and shame. 23, 45, 57 

Hail. — ^Dreaming you see it hail, denotes sorrow. 2, k, 8 

Hair. — For a man to dream his hair is long, like a 
woman's betokens cowardice, and that he will be 
deceived by a woman. If you dream you see a 
woman without hair, famine and sickness will surely 
come. If you see a man bald and without hair, it 
denotes the contrary. 22, 34, 45 

Head. — Dreaming you have a great head, or a 
head bigger than ordinary, and highly raised, de- 
notes dignity. 12, 23, 35 

Heaven. — Dreaming of heaven and that you ascend 
up thither, is an indication of grandeur and glory. 21, 34, 52 

Hen. — If you dream you hear hens cackle or that 
you catch them, denotes joy, to dream you see a hen 
with chickens means loss and damage; to see a hen 
lay eggs is gain. 34, 46, 53 

Hills. — To dream you are traveling over hills, and 
wading through great difficulties, and meet with 
assistance on the way, shows that you shall have 
good counsel and overcome all your troubles. 10, 33, 47 

Horses. — Dreaming you mount a horse, is a happy 
omen. Dreaming you ride on a tired horse shows 
5»ou are in love. 34, 46, 49 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

House. — Dreaming you build a house denotes com- 
fort. 23, 43, 53 

Husbandry. — Dreaming of a plough, is good for 
marriage. Dreaming of the yoke is good, but not 
for servants. 24, 45, 56 

Ice. — Denotes an abundant harvest but to mer- 
chants, and men of other employments, it threatens 
hinderance and delay in their business. 32, 43, 56 

Images. — Dreaming you make images of men, 
portends you will soon marry, have many children 
very like yourself. 21, 42, 61 

Inn. — If you dream of an inn, it prophecieth death 
to the sick. The innkeeper indicates the same as 
the inn. 23, 45, 52 

Iron. — To dream you are hurt with any article 
made of iron or steel, implies that you will meet a 
loss. 21, 34, 53 

Keys. — To dream you lose your keys denotes pas- 
sion. A key seen in a dream, to him that would 
marry, denotes that he shall have a handsome wife 
and a maid. 34, 42, 51 

King. — Dreaming you converse with a king de- 
notes honor. 12, 13, 23 

Knees. — To dream that your knees are strong and 
steady shows health and strength, but to dreani they 
are weak the contrary. If it be a woman she will 
be rcLdy to obey her husband, and be very careful 
to govern her family. 17, 18, 19 

Knife. — To dream you bestow a knife upon any 
body denotes injustice or quarrelling. 15, 23, 57 

Laurel. — To dream you see a laurel tree denotes 
pleasure, and if you be married, it betol^ens inheri- 
tance of possesions. 34, 43, 53 

Letters. — Dreaming you learn letters, is good to 
the illiterate, and those who can read it foretells 
evil. 11,21.32 



THE PERFECT FOBTUNE TBLLER. 

Marriage. — To dream that you do the act of mar- 
riage denotes danger. Marriage is a token of the 
death of some friend o^' relative. 

Measles. — If any one dream he hath the measles, 
i1 denotes wealth, but it shall be coupled with in- 
famy. 15, 22, 34 

Milk. — To dream you drink milk is a very good 
omen. 9, 12, 15 

Monkey. — To dream of monkeys shows you have 
strange, malicious, or secret enemies. 

Moon. — To dream of the moon, is a good pmen; 
it denotes sudden and unexpected joy, great success 
in love, and that the dreamer is tenderly adored. To 
dream of seeing the new moon is good for all. 

Mouth. — If one dreams that his mouth is wider 
than ordinary, his family will be enriched, and he 
be more opulent than formerly. To dream that 
one's mouth is closed, and shut in such a manner 
that he cannot eat is a token of sudden death. 

Music. — To dream you hear melodious mu^c im 
plies that you will hear some very acceptable news. 

Nails.*-To dream that one*s nails are longer than 
usual, is. a token of profit; and the contrary, of loss 
and discontent. 

Night-mare. — For a woman to dream she is ridden 
by the night-mare shows she will be suddenly mar- 
ried; if a man, that he will be domineered over by a 
fool. 

Nose. — To dream one has a fair and fine nose, is 
benefit to all. But to dream one has no nose, means 
the contrary; and to a sick man death. If any one 
dreams his nose has increased in size, he will be- 
come rich. 

Oak. — To dream one sees a majestic oak, is a token 
of riches and profit to the dreamer or his friends. 2, 5, 9 

Oil. — To dream that one anointed with oil is bene- 
ficial for a women, but for men it is ill. 21, 31, 41 



IRE PERFECT FOUTUNE TELLER. 

Olive Tree. — Dreaming you see an olive tree de- 
notes peace, delight, concord, and fruition of his 
desires. 42, 54, 01 

Oranges. — To dream that one sees and eats oranges 
implies wounds, sorrow, and vexation. 11, 44, 50 

Owls. — To dream of owls, betokens much melan- 
choly. 23, 34, 45 

Oysters. — To dream you ai^ eating oysters is 
favorable. 17,49,51 

Papcr". — To dream you write on or read papers 
denotes news, to dream you blot or tear your paper, 
mdicatcs th-e well ordering of business. 27, 31, 40 

Paths. — Dreaming one walks in large plain or easy 
paths, betokens health, paths naiTow or crooked, 
the contrary. 16, 27, 39 

Peacock.— To dream you see a peacock, ^ows 
you will grow rich, and be in great honor 33, 44, 55 

Peas. — Dreaming of peas well boiled, denotes sue 
cess, ^ 1, 4, 8 

Pigeons. — To dream you see pigeons is a good 
5ign, to dream that you see pigeons Hying, denotes 
hearty news. 11, 16, 28 

Pit. — To dream you fall into a pit, and cannot get 
out easily, denotes some serious calamity; to the 
sailor ship-wreck; to the farmer a bad harvest. But 
to dream you fail into ^ pit and cannot get out by 
any means, augurs death. 41, 45, 61 

Prayers — To dream of praying is good, it shows 
future joy. 15, 21, 42 

Quagmire. — Dreaming one has fallen into a quag- 
mii-e, show they shall be very difficult; to overcome 
or conquer. 10, 11, 44 

Quarrels. — If a man dream of quarrels and fighting, 
he shall hear of some unlocked for news of women, 
or embrace some Joy he thought not of. 4, 11, 44 



THE FEKFECT FORTUNE TELLEB, 

Quince. — To dream one sees quinces, shows that 
they shall meet with some changes in tbeir affairs, 
which shall be for the better. 5, 13, 18 

Eadisbes, — To dream one eats or smells of 
radishes, signifies a discovery of hidden secrets and 
domestic jars. 22, 25, 27 

Eainbow. — To dream yon are reading romances, 
comedies or diverting books, signifies joy and com- 
fort. 38, 41, 53 

Eice — To dream of eating rice denotes obstruc- 
tions. 15, 28, 81 

Ride. — To dream you ride wito a company of men. 
Is very lucky, but with women, misfortune and de- 
ceit. 8, 22, 82 

Rings.— To dream you see a ring on the finger of 
any one, shows damage. To dream of plain gold 
rings, a wedding, 33, 45, 51 

River. — To dream you see a river of water, clear 
and calm, is good ; but should it appear disturbed 
©^r muddy, the contrary. 7, 42, 61 

Roses. — To dream you see roses, is a sign of joy. 5, 11, 18 

Rinsing. — To dream, you rinse washed linen, is a 
sure sigh of changing places. 25, 46, 63 

Saddle. — To dream you were riding a horse with- 
out a saddle signifies poverty, disgrace and shame. 12, 82, 45 

Sea. — To dream of walking upon the sea is good 
to him who would travel. 10, 11, 82 

Sei'pent. — To dream you see a serpent turning and 
winding himself, signifies danger and imprisonment. 1, 5, 9 

Shipwreck. — To dream you see a shipwreck, is 
most dangerous to all, except to those who are dQ- 
tained by force. 11, 84, 36 

Shower. — If one dreams he sees a soft shower, 
without storm, tempest, or wind, it signifies gain, 
continued heavy rains^ denotes quarrels. 13, 14, 21 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

Singing. — If any one dreams lie sings, it signifies 
he will be affected and weep; to dream you bear 
inging or playing in concert upon instruments, 
siguities consolation. 33, 44, 55 

Snow. — To dream you see the ground covered 
with snow, or that it is snowing, is favorable. 23, 43, 54 

Tapestry. — To dream that one makes tapestry, 
denotes treachery and deceit. If you dream you buy 
curtains, drapery, &c., it foretells false acquaint- 
since. 11, 22, 33 

Tavern. — To dream you are in a tavern feasting 
with a party of friends, signifies joy and content. 82,53, 65 

Tempest.— -To dream of great and long continu- 
ing tempests, signifies aflliction and troubles. 9, 11, 22 

Thunder. ^Dreaming of thunder, signifies afflic- 
tion to the rich, but to the poor it denotes, repose. 21, 33, 49 

Torch. — When you dream in the night, that you 
bold a burning torch in your hand, it is a good sign. 1, 3, 5 

Treasure. — To dream you find treasure in the 
earth is evil. 14, 26, 29 

Trumpet. — Dreaming you hear a trumpet is good. 4, 7, 9 

Tail. — To Dream you wear a tail, signifies profit, 
but to see animals with tails, such as monkeys or 
apes, shows abundance of company or amusements. 13, 35, 53 

Velvet. — If you dream you trade with a stranger 
in velvet and other fine silks, it is profit and joy; 
to dream you see a person make velvet it indicates an 
industrious helpmate. 22, 34, 56 

Victuals. — If you dream of victuals, and that you 
eat a vai iety of sorts, denotes loss, to dream you are 
In want of food is a token of pain. 33, 55, 59 

Vinegar. — If you dream that you drink or make 
r'.negar it betokens sickness, and sometimes death. 26, 35, 55 

Virgin. — If you dream you discourse with the 
Virgin Mary, it betokens joy and consolation. 17, 22, 36 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

Veal. — If you dream that you eat veal oi pork, it 
shows sickness or poverty. 32. 42, 61 

Villain. — To dream you come in contact with a 
villain signifies that you are in danger of losing 
property. 19, 28, 34 

Warts.— If you dream of having warts in the sum- 
mer season, it is good to all persons. If the dream 
be in the cold or winter season, it shows the con- 
trary. Also to dream of corns indicates the same. 31, 57, 61 

Walnuts. — If you dream you see or eat walnuts, 
or hazlenuts, denotes difficulty and trouble, pickled 
walnuts, or in short pickles of any description, 
shows pains or vexations. 34, 54, 64 

Washing. — For a man to dream that he washes or 
bathes himself in baths or hot houses, implies 
riches, prosperity, and health to the sick; that you 
see a woman washing, shows weakness. 12, 21, 31 

Weasel. — If you dream of weasels, it shows some 
ill-natured woman by whom you will be ensnared. 16, 21, 45 

Weddings. — For a man to dream of wedding a 
maid, who is himself sick, shows that he shall die 
quickly. If any one dream he is wedded to a wo- 
man that is deformed, it indicates discontent; if to 
a handsome woman, it denotes joy and profit. 14, 22, 85 

Wife. — If a man dreams he sees his wife married 
to another, it betokens change of affairs, or else 
separation. If a man's wife dream that she is mar- 
ried to any other person than her own husband, she 
will be suddenly parted from him, or see him dead. 34, 42, 51 

Wine. — Dreaming you drink white wine betokens 
peace, concord and happiness. Red wine denotes 
disputes and quarrels between friends. 15, 23, 36 

Wood. — If you dream you saw or chop wood, it 
indicates to the poor, prosperity and content; but to 
the rich it shows poverty and loss. 11, 33, 51 

Water. — To dream one sees clear running water is 
an indication that you will hear news from abroad. 16, 21. S^ 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLEIk 

Whitewash. — To dream you see a freshly white- 
washed wall is an indication that you will be well 
thought of. 5, 14, 23 

Young.— To dream that you are young signifies 
that you will have joy and happiness. 21, 32, 15 

Yeast. — Dreaming that you purchase yeast, and 
afterwards make no use of it, betokens that you will 
be deceived by some friend, and meet with heavy 
losses in a pecuniary way. 83, 46, 53 

Yew. — To dream that you see a yew-tree generally 
portends sickness and death to young people, but 
the reverse to those who are aged. 4» 19, 44 



HYMEN'S LOTTERY. 



Let each one present deposit any sum agreed on, but of course 
some trifle; put a complete pack of flfty-two cards, well shuf- 
fled, in a bag or reticule. Let the party stand in a circle, and, 
the bag being handed around, each draw three cards. Pairs of 
any are favorable omens of some good fortune about to occur 
to the party, and gets back from the pool the sum that each 
agreed to pay. The king of hearts is here made the god of 
love, and claims double, and gives a faithful swain to the fair 
one who has the good fortune to draw him ; if Venus, the queen 
of hearts, it is the conquering prize, and clears the pool ; fives 
and nines are reckoned crosses and misfortunes, and pay a for- 
feit of the sum agreed on to the pool, besides the usual stipend 
at each new game; three nines at one draw shows the lady will 
be an old maid; three fives, a bad husband. 



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MADAME AUBREY'S PALMISTRY. 

OPERATIOISrS WITH THE MAGIC NIBIBERS AND 
' THE HAND OF DESTINY, WITHIN OR WITH- 
OUT THE ORACULAR CIRCLE. 



Siick a large pin in the middle* upright 
In the midday sun, or midnight moonlight. 
On a table, that the rays shine on it, 
Then without mantle, cloak, shawl, or bonnet, 
With your hair all flowing in locks, now mind, 
Run fast round seven times, nor look behind; 
Turn each time you pass Destiny's hand. 
Blindfolded, for to learn a secret grand; 
The seventh time the pin's shadow will show 
Certain numbers, and all you wish to know. 
Which you'll trace in a page coming after, 
To make you weep, or force you to laughter. 
These directions to a female I give. 
May the fate I award, fit her to live. 
Those males who are curious also to peep 
At my Fortune Book, from maiden's must keep, 
*Till wliiskers and beard their manhood display. 
Then to seek a wife and fortune they may. 
Bandaged, without hat or coat they should run. 
In the midnight moonlight, or midday sun, 
Then the pin's shadow as I said before 
Will show numbers, for which my book look o'er; 
When, be it weal or woe, early or late, 
Such will be your inevitable fate ; 
And should either of you wish for wedlock, 
Blindfold well your eyes, and then three times knock- 
On my Oraculum, and cross my palm 
With gold or silver coin, to aid the charm ; 

•Just below the Number 83 at the joining of the middle fingers. 



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THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

On the eye and the heart it carefully place. 
When your fortune now you may easily trace. 
The number you chance to move the coin on. 
Will tell you when you shall wed your loved one. 



KoTE.— Within the brightest part of the Oracular Circle be* 
tween and outside of the fingers, the fate told is the most pro- 
pitious. In the darker parts of the Hand of Destiny, the 
answers denote luck of a mixed and variable kind. All the 
parts without the Oracular Circle are unfortunate. The three 
divisions between the joints of each finger correspond with the 
twelve months of the year, and -when by the chance moving of 
the gold or silver money with which the palm of the Hand of 
Destiny is crossed, in the manner above indicated, it should 
stop on a particular month, that will denote the month of your 
marriage; and any number S^c^^c thirty- two will indicate the 
day of the month it will be celebrated on. Where the line of 
the circle crosses through any portion of the light squares with 
figures on, being without as well as within the Circle, denotes 
a mixture of fortunate and unfortunate events. The dark 
squares are blanks. The eye and the heart are the most 
fortunate of alL 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLEB. .., 

THE EVENTS OF LIFE POINTED OUT BY THE HAND 
OF DESTINY. 

56. Carriages, horses, bouses, land, 

Shall be your fortune with things grand. 

21. Proud lords shall be your serving men. 
And ladies wait upon you then. 

13. Propitious shine your natal star. 
Riches you'll gain, and travel far. 

8. Foreign countries shall see you oft. 
On beds of down you will lay soft. 

108. Good news for you comes by the post, 
You'll get what you have lately lost. 

15. Letters for you are on the road. 

Good luck I think they you forebode. 

107. Property soon will come to you. 
At law you shall receive your due. 

28. Money expected will arrive. 

You'll be fortunate if you strive. 

6. Lawyers may vex you but will fail. 
The rights you gain will good entaiL 

61. A surprise awaits you ere long, 
With joy you'll sing a merry song. 

83. A partner, ten children pretty. 
With a fine house in the city. 

19. Unexpected wealth is your lot. 
In a foreign clime very hot. 

1. A merchant, with plenty of gold. 
Shall marry you though rather old. 

80. Ships, shops, and servants will be yours, 
Money you'll heap up by galores. 

86L Plenty of stock, a country farm, 

To your life shall add quite a charm. 



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THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

69. A country house, and gardens fine, 
You shall enj0y and pass your time. 

11. From abroad a friend shall send you. 
Welcome news that he has prov'd true. 

2. A dark person bears a good heart. 

Whom with wealth you'll wed and ne'er part 

17. A letter and surpnse are near. 

And both will make you happy dear. 

81. A fair true friend loves you so well. 
Lots of wealth in your lap he'll tell. 

71. A rich person will you marry. 
Take you off, and never tarry. 

14. A lost friend for you shall be found. 
Who'll give you joy all the year round. 

10. Houses and land I see in store. 



"*^ Titles and wealth, you'll want no more. 

37. A fortune you'll enjoy awhile. 

Which by extravagance you'll spoil. 

85. Riches you will some day acquire,— 
Lose it all, and no more aspire. 

89. In business you will badly do. 
But much better luck awaits you: 

80. You'll marry rich, at times live well. 
But poor you will become I tell. 

33. You will life begin with bad luck. 
But better days will give you pluck. 

110. A scold you'll wed, fond of noggins, 
Of gin, and giving you floggings. 

119. A jealous, meanly-looking elf. 

Will starve you while he feeds himself. 

97. Not very rich, or poor you'll be. 

Some day you shall cror.s o'er the sea. 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

53. Poor awhile, before life's ended. 
Your bad fortune shall be mended. 

82. Bad news in a letter draws near, 
And ominous to you I fear. 

75. Your lover drinks so like a tippler, 

Pray shun him or you'll never be richer, 

47. A soldier handsome, fair and tall. 
Very soon will to your lot fall. 

111. A sailor from the brmy main. 

Will soon arrive to be your swain. 

87. Married twice to country gabies. 
Very poor and lots of babies. 

40. The bride or bridegroom who draws this. 
Shall have children and much bliss. 

24:, Look out, your swain is lilting you. 
He hath half a dozen more it is true, 

96. The day whereon you get married. 
You'll wish at home you had tarried. 

84. A loss of money here I see, 

But much more is in store for thee. 

90. 'Tis time your courting days were o'er, * 
For you'll see your lover no more. 

31. Your sweetheart's false, choose another. 
Better marry Old Nick's brother. 

124. Though you'll not want, hard work's your lot, 
And if you enlist you'll get shot. 

23. An absent dv*ar one from the wars. 
Will soon arrive covered with scars. 

29. A bank will break I fear ere long. 

That will affect you through some wrong. 

88. A will was made in your behalf, 
News is coming to make you laugh. 



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THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLEB. 

95. Death hovers here to give you life. 
Money has been left to your wife. 

43. A lov'd one has troubles pass'd througl^ 
And from America shall send for you. 

77. Expect news from the land of gold, 
You'll go there before you are old. 

42. Australia is a land for thee. 

Emigrate there, and rich you'll be. 

52. India's climes doth a letter send. 
It comes from a right valued friend. 

46. A relation dies and leaves you 
Gold and silver coins, not a few. 

23. This does a marriage betoken. 
Better had the ring been broken. 

65. A large family with scanty crust. 

For to toil hard through life you must 

67. Lots of brats and a spendthrift spouse. 
Shall bring you yet to the workhouse. 

26. Plodding in business up and down. 
You yet can never spare a crown. 

82. Disastrous news comes o'er the sea, 
A shipwreck shall much concern thee. 

66. Letters, a church, ring, and surprise. 
And news which shall open your eyes. 

9. A stranger shall knock at your door. 
Whom you will wish t© cafl no more. 

25. You're building castles in the air. 
And always laughed at by the fair. 

91. You think you love, and are lov'd too. 
No one with sound sense can you woo. 

92. Failures in your trade I here see. 
But much better they soon shall be. 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

99. An enemy strives to injure you, 

But all your troubles you'll pass through. 

115. A money-letter from a friend, 
Youll receive before the month's end. 

123. A wedding ring I see quite clear, 
You will soon be married my dear. 

116. Funerals in perspective I view, 
Of those related near to you. 

121. Your planet smiles on you benign. 
Your number shows a lucky sign. 

120. Though to-day you're filled with sorrow, 
Luck shall fill your cup to-morrow. 

114. Good fortune shall your prospects hail. 
Although your present business fail. 

112. Uphill and downhill trot through life. 
On ill-fortune's nag without a wife. 

103. Twice to church you shall smiling go. 
First time for fortune, last for woe. 

118. Your star in the ascendant is. 

And your number denotes much bliss. 

113. The herald of death cometh near. 
Your family it concerns I fear. 

41. A great fire and failure I see, 
Unfortunate news comes to thee. 

76. Trouble flieth on silent wings, 

A note will tell you of bad things. 

72. Law seemeth here to set his claws. 

And sad news you'll hear from the wars* 

16. Great disappointment now look for. 
And in your affairs much uproar. 

8. A little trouble forbodes you, 

But you shall shortly it pass through. 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

45. A birth will you much sorrow give. 
But ends with good if it should live. 

57 Secret malice doth you beset, 

Prepare to break your enemy's net. 

27. Money expected you have lost, 
And sorrow it will yet you cost. 

4. From the country you'll hear news bad. 
But better comes to make you glad, 

36. A partner falls to your lot. 

Who by hard luck will skin the pot. 

98. "Stich, stich, stich," is your sorry fate. 
To fortune's cupboard you've come late. 

64. Down down, down, you have ever gone, 
You must live mean and your goods pawn. 

58. Squalling children, a scolding wife. 
And poor fare are yours through life. 

70. Always dabble in soapsuds hot, 
And wedded to a drunken «ot. 

100. In poverty must work fast your bones. 
And of your * 'uncle" borrow loans. 

74.- For rich men's crumbs you'll always scratch, 
And ever doomed old rags to patch. 

12. Don't over your misfortunes whine, 
I see a gleam of fortune shine. 

48. For your own and your country's good, 
You'll journey and work in a wood. 

63. Lost property will cause vexation, 
Taken by a man of station. 

85. Mourn not, though just now your are poor. 

Relief will soon enter your door. 

S4. You'll hate the time you e'er was made^ 
To marry a draggle-tail jade. 



THE PERFECT FOni'UNE •'BLLER. 

105. A youn£^ man sail^^^i o'er the sea, 
Who will make lovo and marry thee. 

69. Poor husbands and wives are well met. 
One of such helpmates you will get. 

64. I see strife and many crosses. 
You will suffer heavy losses. 

20. Your prospects at present looks well. 
But ill luck's coming I can tell. 

60. The sun shines cloudy on you now. 
The moon reflects bad news I vow. 

44. Grim poverty stares you in the face. 
Future good for you I can trace. 

5. Long and lazy, sallow and thin. 
Is the one that will take 3^ou in. 

93. Short and big-bellied regular sot. 
Is the spouse that falls to your lot. 

106. With sheepish face, a stupid calf. 
Will be your future better half. 

38. Nature's perfect caricature, 

Will fall in love with you I'm sure. 

55. Simplicity is so stamped on you. 
To marry you a fool would do. 

68. A dust-bin scraper doth you love. 
Who lives just in the street above. 

39. I fear this number denotes rags, 
You'll wed a carrier of bones in bags. 

18. Of coach, servants, and money dream. 
For that is all you'll get I ween. 

78. A ragged fortune is your store. 

Work hard you may make it worth moret 

61*. Good men are disposed of they say, 
A tenth of one you marry may. 



THE PERFECT FOUTUNE TELLEE. 

117. Comely, pretty, your sweetheart is, 

Tliougli poor, you will both reap much blisa 

7. Kind and gentle as a sweet dove. 

Your humble swain is worth your love. 

103. A train will shcrtly to town bring. 

Some one who'll, make you cry and singe 

73. Here's some sly kissing been going on, 
- Your swain you can't depend upon. 

79. A nice baby elsewhere you hide, 
And what secret does it betide? 

49. Many boys and girls you shall have^ 
And you'll descend poor to the grave. 

63. A law suit imp(?nds over you. 

Pay if you can the debt that's due. 

84. You will wed I see a short humpbacked swaia. 
But not my bell-ringer of Notre Dame; 
Quasimodo I love, and he loves me, 
Bjr midnight, moonlight, in the old belfry. 



THE ART 

OF 

FORTUNE TELLING BY CARDS. 



Take a pack of Cards, shuffle and cut them three di5erent 
times, lay them on a table, nine in a row ; if a man he may 
choose one of the kings to represent himself; if a woman she 
must select one of the queens; then the queen of the chosen 
kin.2". or the king of the chosen queen, will stand for a Hus- 
band or wife, mistress or lover, of the party whose fortune is 
to be told ; and the knave of the suit, of the most int imate per- 
son of their family; remember that every thing is within your 
circle as far as you count nine, any way from the caid that 
represents the person, his wife, or her husband, and their inti- 
mate friend ; also that the ninth card every way, is of the 
greatest consequence. 



Ace of Clubs promises great wealth, much prosperity in 
life and tranquillity of mind. 

King OF Clubs announces a man who is humane, upright, 
affectionate and faithful in all his undertakings; he will bo 
happy himself, and make his connections so if he can. 

QusEN OF Clubs shows a tender, mild, and rather amorous 
disposition One who would probably y^eld her maiden person 
to a kmd lover before the matrimonial knot be tied but they 
will be happy, love each other, amd be married. 

Knave of Clubs shows an open, sincere friend who will 
exert himself warmly in your interest and welfare. 



THE PERSECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

Ten op Clubs denotes that riches will come speedily Irom 
an unexpected quarter; it also threatens the loss of some dear 
friend. 

Nine of Clubs shows that you will displease some of your 
friends by a too steady adherance to your own opinions. 

Eight of Club?^ shows the person to be covet dus, and ex- 
tremely found of money; that he will obtain it, but ihat it will 
rather prove a torment than a comfort to him, as he will not 
make a proper use of it. 

Sevtsn of Clu]Ss promises the most brilliant fortune and the 
most exquisite bliss that this world can afford ; but beware of 
the opposite sex, from these alone can you experience mis- 
fortunes. 

Six of Clubs shows you will enter into a very lucrative 
partnership, and that your children will behave well. 

Five of Clubs declares that you will shortly be married to a 
person who will mend your circumstances. | 

Four OF Clubs shows inconstancy for the sake of money 
and change of object. 

Tray of Clubs shows that you will be married three times, 
and each time to a wealthy person. 

Deuce, of Clubs shows that there will be some unfortunate 
opposition to your favorite inclination, which will disturb you. 

Ace of Diamonds signifies a letter. > 

King of Diamonds shows a man of fiery temper, coMtinued 
anger, seeking revenge, and obstinate in his resolutions. 

Queen of Diamonds signifies that the woman shall be fond 
of company, be a coquette and not be over virtuous. 

Knave of Diamonds however near related, will look more 
after his own interest than yours; he will be tenacious in his 
own opmion, and fly off if contradicted. 

Ten of Diamonds promises a country husband or wife, 
with great wealth and many children; the card next to it tells 
the number of children, it also signifies a purse of gold. 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

Nine of Diamonds declares that the person will be of a 
roving disposition, never contented with his lot and for ever 
meeting vexations and disappointments. 

Eight of Diamonds shows that the person, in their youth 
will be an enemy to marriage, and thus run the risk of dying 
unmarried; but if they do marry it will be late in life, and then 
it will be with a person whose disposition in so ill assorted to 
theirs, that it will be the cause of misfortune. 

Seven of Diamonds shows you will be tormented by the 
infidelity of your conjugal partner, and waste of your goods. 

Six of Dia^ionds shows an early marriage, and premature 
widowhood; but a second marriage will probably be worse. 

Five of Diamonds shows that you will have good children, 
who will keep you from grief. 

FouK OF DiA3iONDS shows the inconstancy of the person 
you will be married to, and great vexation to yourself through 
tLe whole course of your life. 

Tray of Diamonds shows that you will be concerned in 
quarrels, law suits and domestic disagreements ; your partner 
for life will be of a vixiuish and abusive temper, fail in the 
performance of the nuptial duties, and make you unhappy. 

Deuce of Diamonds shows that your heart will be engaged 
in love at an eai4y period, that your parents will not approve 
your choice, and that if you marry without their consent they 
will hardly forgive you. 

Ace of Hearts signifies feasting and pleasure; if the ace 
is attended by spades, it fortels quarreling; if by hearts, it 
shows affection and friendship; if by diamonds, you will hear 
of some absent friend ; if by clubs, merry making. 

King op Hearts shows a man of good-natured disposition 
but hot and rather hasty in his undertakings, and very 
amorous. 

Queen of Uearts denotes a woman of fair complexion, 
faithful and affectionate. 

Knave of Hearts is a person of no particular sex, but 
^ways the dearest friend or nearest relation of the consulting 



THE PERFECT FORTrNE TrLLER. 

par^y. You must pay great attention to the cards that stand 
next to the knave, as from them alone you can judge whether 
the person it represents will favor your inclination or not. 

Ten of Hearts shows good nature, and many children, it is 
a corrective of the bad tidings of the cards that stand next to 
it, and if its neighboring cards are of good import, it ascer- 
tains and confirms their value. 

Nine op Hearts promises wealth, grandeur, and high 
esteem ; if cards that are unfavorable stand near it, you must 
look for disappointments; and a reverse, if favorable cards 
follow ; these last at a small distance, expect to retrieve your 
losses, whether of peace or of good. 

Eight op Hearts is a sign of drinking and ieaSting. 

Seven OP Hearts shows the person to be fickle and of an 
unfaithful disposition; addicted to vice, inconstant, and sub- 
ject to the mean art of recrimination to excuse themselves, 
although without foundation. 

Six op Hearts shows a generous, open and credulous dis- 
position, easily imposed upon, ever the dupe of flatterers, but 
the good natured friend of the distressed. If this card comes 
before your king or queen, you will be the dupe ; if after, you 
will have the better. 

FiYE OP Hearts shows a wavering and unsteady dispo- 
sition, never true to one object, but free from any violent at- 
tachment. 

Four op Hearts shows the person will not be marrried until 
very late in life, which will proceed from too great delicacy in 
making a choice. 

Tray op Hearts shows that your own imprudence will 
greatly contribute to your experiencing the ill-will of others. 

Deuce op Hearts shows that extraordinary success and 
good fortune will attend the person, though if unfavorable 
cards attend, this will be a long time delayed. 

Ace op Spades totally relates to affairs of love, without 
specifying whether lawful or unlawful; it also denotes death 
when the card is upside down. 



THJi: PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

King of Spades shows a man ambitious and suscessful at 
court, or witli some great man who will htive it in his power 
to advance him, but let him beware of a reverse. 

Queen of Spades shows that a person will be corrupted by 
the rich of both sexes ; if she is handsome a great attempt will 
be made on her virtue. 

Knave of Spades shows a person who, although they have 
3^our welfare at heart, will be indolent to pursue it with zeal 
unless you frequently rouse their attention. 

Ten of Spades is a card of bad import; it will in a great 
measure counteract the good effect of the card near you, 

Nine of Spades is the worst card in the pack ; it portends 
dangerous sickness, a total loss of fortune, cruel calamities, 
and endless dissention in your family. 

Eight of Spades shows ou will experience strong oppo- 
sition from your friends, or those you imagine to be such; if 
this card comes close to you, leave your plan and adopt 
another. 

Seven of Spades shows the loss of a most valuable friend, 
whose death will plunge you in very great distress. 

Six of Spades announces a mediocrity of fortune and very 
great uncertainty in your undertakings. 

Five of Spades will give very little interpretation of your 
success; it promises good-luck in the choice of your com- 
panion for life, that you will m'_et with one fond of you, and 
immoderately attached to the joys of Hymen; it shows your 
temper rather sullen. 

Four of Spades shows speedy sickness, and that your friends 
will injure your fortune. 

Tray of Spades shows that you will be fortunate in mar- 
riage, but that your partner will be inconstant, and that you 
wiii be made unhappy thereby. 

Deuce of Spades always signifies a coffin, but who it is for, 
must depend entirely on the other cards that are near it. 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

ASTRAGALOMANC Y. 

Take two dice, marked as usual with ths numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 
5, 6. Write tlie question upon a paper, which you pass 
through the smoke of frankincense. Place the paper reversed 
upon the table, in such a manner as to conceal that which you 
have written, then throw alternately one dice and two at a 
time. You write the letters in the manner they present them- 
selves and you have the answer. 

Here are the letters corresponding to the different numbers 
which can thus be obtained: 



2 3 4 5 6 7 


8 9 10 


11 12 


e i u b c 


d f g 


1 r 


y P k 


t s j 


m 


V g 


X 


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Often times initials only are obtained, then the intelligence of 
the seer will complete the word. 



CANDLE OMENS. 

If a candle burn blue, it is a sign that there is a spirit in the 
house, or not far from it. A collection of tallow, says Grose, 
rising up against the wick of a candle, is styled a winding 
sheet, and deemed an omen of death in the family. 

A spark at the candle, denotes that the party opposite to it 
will shortly receive a letter A kind of fungus in the candle, 
predicts the visit of a stranger from the part of the country 
nearest the object. Others say it implies the arrival of a parcel. 



CAULS. 

. Cauls are little membranes found on some children, encom- 
passing the head, when born. This is thought a good omen to 
the child itself, and many believe that whoever obtains it by 
purchase will be fortunate and escape dangers. The caul is 
esteemed an infallible preservative against drowning, and is 
much sought after by sailors. 



mmun drawn from the loors age. 

1. A child born within twenty-four hours after the new 
moon will be fortunate and live to a good old age; whatever ig 
dreamed on this day will be fortunate and pleasing to the 
dreamer, various undertakings will succeed if begun on this 
day. 

3. The second day is very lucky for discovering things lost, 
or hidden treasure; the child born on this day will thrive, but 
the di-eams are not to be depended upon. 

3. A child born on this day will be fortunate through per- 
sons in power, ani whatever is dreamed will prove true. 

4. The fourth day is bad; persons failing on this day rarely 
recovery, and the dreams will havQ no effect. 

5. This day is favorable to begin a eood work, and the 
dreams will be tolerably successful ; the child born on this day 
will be vain, and deceitiui. 

6. The dreams of the sixth day will not immediately come 
to pass, and the child born will not live long. 

7. Do not tell your dreams on this day, for much depends 
on secresy ; if sickness bef 11 you on this day, you will soon 
recover; the child born will live long, but have many troubles. 

8. Dreams of the ei2:hth day will come to pass ; whatever 
business a person undertakes this day will prosper, and any 
thing that is lost will be found. 

9. The ninth day differs very little from the former, the 
cliild born this day will acquire great riches and honor. 

*>*- 10. The tenth day is likely to be fatal; those who fall sick 
will very rarely recover; but the child born on this day will 
live long, and be a great traveler. 

11- The child that is born on the eleventh day will be much 



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devoted to religion, and of an engaging form and manner; if 
a female Bli.*^- will possess aa uncommon share of wisdom and 
learning ; this day is good to begin a journey, to marry, or to 
engage in business. 

12. Dreams on the twelfth day are rather fortunate, and the 
child born, will live long an I be very sensible; yet a person 
who falls sick on this day will rarely recover. 

13. Dreams on this day will prove true in a very short time 

14. If you ask any one a favor on this day, it will be 
granted. 

15. The sickness that befals a person on this day is likely to 
prove fatal; that which was lost yesterday may b^ found 
to-day. 

16. The child that is born on the sixteenth day will be of 
very ill manners and unfortunate; it is, nevertheless, a good 
day for buying and selling all kinds of merchandise. 

17. The child born on this day will be very foolish, it is an 
unfortunate day to» contract marriage, or any klad of business. 

18v The child born on this day will be very valiant, but 
will suffer considerable hardships; if a female, she will be chaste 
and industrious, and live respected to a great age. 

19. This day is dangerous; the child born will be very ill- 
disposed and malicious ; it is very unfavorable for dreams. 

20. Dreams an this day are true; chiMre-n born will be dis- 
honest. 

21. The twenty-first day, the dreams will be vain and un- 
true; the child born will grow up healthy and strong, but be of 
a selfish ungentle turn of mind. 

22. The child born will bje very fortunate, and will be of a 
cheerful countenance,, religious,, and much beloved; any kind 
of business begun on this day will be unfortunate. 

23. The child born on this day will be €>f an- ungovernable 
temper, forsake his friends, wander about in a foreign country, 
and be rather unhappy through life ; it ie a happy day to marry 
oa, and all business begun on this day will be successful. 



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24. The child born on this day will achieve many heroic 
actions, and be admired for his extraordinary abilities. 

25. The child born on this day will be wicked, will meet 
with many dangers, and come to an ill end; it is a very unfor- 
tunate day, and tlireatens every thing with disappontment 
and crosses; whoever falls sick on this day very seldom 
recovers. 

26. Dreams on this day are certain, and the child then born 
will be greatly esteemed. 

27. This day is very favorable for dreams, and the child 
born will be of a sweet and amiable disposition. 

28. This day is bad for dresms, and whoever falls sick on 
it is in great danger; the child born on it will be its parents de- 
light, but will not live to any great age. 

•29. This day is good for dreams, but children born on it 
will experience many hardships, though in the end they may 
turn out happily. It is gocd to begin business or marry on thil 



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THE ABRACADABRA AMULET. 



The most eelebr ted of amulets, to be worn upon the person 
and to which marvelous powers are attributed, is that which 
forms the word Abracadabra. It will cure many maladies, 
among others the fever, twice or thrice. But it is necessary 
that the letters be in a triangle, as follows; 

ABRACADABRA 

ABRACADABR 

ABRACADAB 

ABRACADA 

ABRACAD 

ABRACA 

ABRAC 

ABRA 

ABR 

AB 

A 

This mysterious triangle must be written upon a piece of 
square paper, which is then folded in such a manner as to con- 
ceal the triangle. A white thread, passed in the form of a 
cross, closes this amulet, which is suspended from the neck by 
a linen ribbon. After wearing it nine days, you go to the bank 
of a stream, whose course runs towards the settmg sun. The 
amulet is. thrown over the shoulder with the eyes closed, or 
without looking at it. The charm having operated, you should 
go home cured. 

Amulets are likewise made with the Psalms of David. 

Travellers, to avoid danger, carry the 16th psalm under the 
left armpit. 

To preserve memory, the 1 8th is recited seven times over a 
glass of wine. 

To be strong, the 70th psalm is written on a piece of bear- 
skin and worn suspended from the neck. 

To preserve one's self from the bite of rabid dogs you write 
upon a parchment the words : Max, pax, max, and wear it near 
the liver. 

The formula Och! Ocli! engraven with a diamond point upon 
brass, will drive away fleas and other vermin. 



CALENDAR OF FATE; 

OB, 

" THE INFLUENCE OF SAINT'S DAYS UPON 
THE AFFAIES OF PERSONS BORN ON 
EITHER OF THE UERDERMENTION- 
ED DAYS. 



The reader is roferred to any almanack for the dates of the 
undermentioned festivals and fasts. 

EPIPHANY, OR TWELFTH DAY. 

It is fortunate to be born on this day ; you are sure to rise 
and jjrosper in life, especially after the twenty -fifth year of 
your age has elapsed. It is also a good day to commence any 
new trade, commerce, or speculation. 

HILARY. 

Gives fortime to women, the reverse to men. 

SAINT PAUL. 

If it rains or snows on this day, bread will be dear after the 
next harvest ; the wind being high, betokens war to the nation ; 
a storm, the death of a person high in power. This day is 
good to ask a favor on, or begin a land journey, but not a voy- 
age. 

ST. PETER. 

Gives rise in life to the woman, the reverse to the man, and 
ia generally bad to all affairs of importance ; a building should 
not be commenced on this day. 



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VIRGIN MARY. 

Gives brave men and virtuous women many trials in life 
which their prudence will overcome, and give competence to 
their latter days. Good to ask favors on but not to write for 
them ; also good to commence any large undertaking. 

ST. SWITHIN. 

Gives to either sex, once at least in the course of their lives, 
an opportunity to elevate them— happy they who seize it. It 
is a lucky day for cards to a young beginner, and lottery specu- 
lation, but not to favors, or commence a courtship, voyage, or 
journey. 

ST. MATTHIAS. 

Not fortunate for speculators, but good to begin a steady 
trade, apprentice a child on, or make an agrement. It is not 
favorable to make requests on, especially to borrow money. 

DAVID. 

A person born on this day will travel much and have fortu- 
nate chances, prosperity will depend much on the use he or she 
makes of these advantages. This is a lucky day to make loans 
on interest, or enter into any profitable speculations, but not to 
make wills or plant trees. Dreams , on. this night are sure to 
come to pass. 

GREGORY. 

Lucky to commence either a voyage or journey, yet those 
born on this day will meet many crosses and stumbling blocks 
in their pursuits of the capricious goddess Fortune. 

MICHAEL. 

Let those born on this day beware of entering into any con- 
spicuous plot or meeting, let them be frank, open, and generous 
in their manners, content with their station, and faithful to 
those they are bound to serve, or they will have cause to repent; 
it is easier to avoid evil than depart from its path. This is a 
good day for any new undertaking. 

DUNSTAN. 

Write no love-letters on this day, but it is good to those in 
commerce or the common occurrences of life. Persons born 
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for the church, then their success is pre-eminent ; it is also q 
good day to launch a ship on, or buy in stock. 

THOMAS. 

A bustling life, much industry, but some heavy losses about 
the meridian of life, which will be surmounted. A woman 
thus born is likely to become a widow, and an excellent one 
she will make for the benefit of her offspring — her children will 
indeed call her blessed. A good day for sea affairs. ^ 

CHRISTMAS DAY. 

Gives a fortunate birth, though not generally shown in the 
first years of life. 

ST. STEPHEN. 

Gives a thorny path — the only hope is by the love and friend- 
ship of some persons of better destiny than yourself, particu- 
larly marriage. It is a good day to seek favors or recover Jost 
property. 

SYLVESTER. 

Gives a love of change and blameable variety. A good diay 
for marriage, contracts, and apprenticeships, but not for reeen- 
ciling enemies. 



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ANCIENT METHOD OF AVERTING FROST. 



The husbandman who desired that in their season his fruit 
trees should be laden with fruit, covered them with a band of 
straw on the night celebrated by the Polj^theists as the rene w- 
ing of the invincible sun ; and in the Christian Church, as the 
coming of our Savior, the night when the sun, supposed to be 
enchained for ten days by the winter solstice, begins to arise 
again toward the equator, and on which we often find cold 
suddenly and intensely developed. Experience has proved that 
this precaution will effectually protect trees from the hurtful 
effects of frost. 

In the eighth century, they hoped to avert hail and storms by 
pointing long poles toward the skies. This measure reminds 
us of what was recently proposed, and, fifty years ago, was 
accredited by Berthollon, the naturalist. But, as at the end of 
the poles just mentioned, pieces of paper inscribed with magi- 
cal characters were afiixed, the custom seemed to be tainted 
with sorcery, and was consequently proscribed by Charlemange. 

The instruments called paragrandines were intended to avert 
hail storms, and according to Seignior Antonio Perotti and Dr. 
Astolfi, they have succeeded in averting hail as eflSciently as 
conductors in obviating danger from lightning. Seignior 
Perotti reports that, having fixed up several of them on a piece 
of land containing sixteen thousand perches, both his corn and 
his vines were protected, although fourteen hail-stor<ns had 
occurred in the current year, which did great mischief in the 
fields; and in an official notice to thg government of Milan, by 
the gonfaloniere of St. Pietro, in Casale, a very favorable ac- 
count, also, is given of these protectors from hail. They are 
formed of metallic points and straw ropes, bound together by 
hempen or flaxen threads. 

The inhabitants of Cleone in the Argolide, imagined they 
could distingiMsh, from the appearance of the sky the approach 
of frost that would endanger their crops, and immediately they 
endeavored, by offering sacrifices to the gods, to avert the evil. 
Other nations sang sacred hymns for this purpose. 



ON 



FORTUNE AND DESTINY. 



WITH 



DOMINOES, CARDS AND DICE. 



Let these amusing oracles be tried as soon after sunset as 
possible; not before, for it is unlucky; but no particular day ig 
required or prohibited. 

WITH DOMINOES. 

Repeat a wish to yourself three times, have the dominoes in 
a large or small basket ; draw one ; if the number is a double 
one you will get your wish— an even one, such as six and four, 
or four and two, you are left in doubt— an odd and an even 
number together is fatal to success — double six in this trial is 
a capital prize, showing your wish will bring you happiness — 
double blank, the death of one near to you. 

WITH DICE. 

Cast three dice three times into a small circle chalked with 
your own hand, and surmounted with youT Christian name in 
full length; if the whole product does not amount to forty-one, 
you will not get your wish. Ones and twos turning up in this 
experiment denote some trivial teazing vexations near at hand. 
The higher the number, the more prosperous to your felicity in 
respect to the wish in question. One of the dice rolling out of 



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the circle shows the near approach of a calamity, in which you 
will be interestid particularly. 

ANOTHER. 

To know if a journey, or indeed any undertaking on land, 
will be successful or answer the end required, cast two dice, 
weil shaken, into the palm of your left hand, as it is place* 1 for 
that purpose on a table. Exactly seven is a doubt ; under 
seven, disappointment ; the lower the number the worse ; over 
seven and higher the better. 

WITH CARDS. 

Shuffle the cards three times, wishing the same wish each 
time, but if you are in company you need nqt repeat them 
aloud ; cut the cards into seven divisions, face downwards ; 
close your eyelids, and then take up the first parcel on which 
you place your hand. If it contains the nine of hearts, the ace 
of diamonds, the three of clubs, or any three cards of the same 
number or quality, you will have your wish completed ; the 
more of these cards is the chosen number, the better to your 
advantage ; none of them is a sure indication of disappointment, 
and the more the number of sable cards, in this respect, the 
more for your expectations of happiness. 

ANOTHER METHOD. 

Shuffle the cards well, but do not cut them ; deal twenty- 
one off the top as you keep repeating your desire ; shuffle these 
again, and cut them in three with their faces upwards. Aces 
in this case are reckoned not as ones ; but the superior cards. 
Thus, if the three cards are all under seven, you will never get 
your wish ; if all above seven, you will be certain of it. Some 
under and some over, a doubtful case ; but two of them, bear- 
ing a majority, affords much hope. The three being sevens, 
which has happened, the very climax of prosperity. You will 
lead a gay life. Several diamonds in a group show prosperity. 

ANOTHER. 

If a servant wishes to know about the situation to which she 
is going, let her lay out the cards, first taking from the pack 
the twos, threes, fours, and sixes as useless ; leave in the fives. 
Let the maiden choose one of the queens, as a representative of 
herself before she shuffle the cards ; then cut them into three 
divisions, and, taking the middle, lay the cards out in a half 
circle, and face upwards on the table, and make the following 



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Good understanding and memory ruleth its fate, 
As a lover of truth happy will be its state. 

Leo, from 23d July to22d August, inclusive.— Children born 
under this sign have a strong inclination to justness ; 
are lovers of piety and truth ; and have honest, can- 
did, and upright minds. 

Virgo, from 23d August to 22d September, inclusive. --Children 
born under this sign are clever, prudent, attentive, 
pious, sociable ; and in company cheerful. 

Libra, from 23d September to 23d October, inclusive. — Chil- 
dren under this sign are true-hearted, discreet, pious, 
solitary ; and very beneficient to the poor ; are lovers 
of justice, truth and candor. 

Scorpio, from 24th October to 21st November, inclusive. 
Scorpio, the Scorpion, truly is a vicious sign, 
Children born beneath her shade seldom brightly shine. 
Subtle, wrathful, revengeful, trouble do they give, 
Clandestinely, they'll seek their ends, long as they live. 

Sagitarius, from 22d November to 21st December, inclusive. 
Sagitnrius, the Archer, mixed kind of luck shows, 
All children born under it, much wealth ne'er shall know. 
Mild, kind, and intelligent, knowing how to.buy and sell, 
They'll try to manage prudently, and to thrive well. 

Capricorn, from 22d December to 19th January, inclusive. 
Capricorn, or the Goat, is another varied sign. 
Babes born beneath it with melancholy will whine, 
Wrathful may perhaps become, or penetrating. 
Now given to sadness, and then to deep thinking. 

Aquarius, from 20th January to 18th February, inclusive. 
Aquarius, or the Waterman, shows wisdom sedate. 
Will be imbibed by children subject to its fate. 
Have a genius for study, and leaining the law. 
Divinity or history, or else inclined to war. 

Pisces, from the 19th February to 20th March, inclusive. 
Children born under it will be kind and clever. 
To serve the poor or strangers will be ready ever. 
May be fond of priests, and be duped b|ce in the' O^T*^ 
So they'll require training to influence .^^^^d ^ most "im- 



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SIGNS OF THE NAILS. 

Broad Nails. — The person that hath the nails thus, is of gen 
tie nature, good, and pusillanimous, and a great fear to speak 
before great persons, or those by whom they are in subjection; 
as also being guilty of extreme bashfulness. 

If about these nails there happens to be an excoriation of the 
flesh, which is commonly called points— in these large nails it 
signifies the party given to luxury, yet fearful, but usually 
given to excess. 

When there is at the extremity a white mark, it signifies 
ruin through negligence. The party has more honesty than 
subtlety. 

White Nails. — He that hath the nails white and long is 
sickly, and subject to much infirmity by fevers; he is neat, but 
not very strong, because of his indispositions, much addicted 
to the company of women, by whom he will be greatly de- 
ceived. 

Narrow Nails. — The person with such nails is desirous of 
attaining knowledge in the sciences ; but if to narrowness they 
add some degree of length, the person will be led away by 
ambitious propensities, always aiming at things which he will 
be unable to obtain. 

Kound Nails. — These declare a hasty person, yet good- 
natured and very forgiving; a lover of knowledge, liberal sen- 
timent, doing no one any harm, and acting by his own princi- 
ples, but too proud of his own abilities. 

Long Nails. — When the nails are long, the person is of a 
good-natured turn, but placing confidence in no man, being 
from his youth familiar with duplicity, but not practising it, 
from his strict adherence to virtue. 

Fleshy Nails. — This description of nail indicates an idler, 
loving to sleep, eat, and drink; not delighting in bustle and 
busy life; one who prefers a narrow income without industry, 
to one of opulence to be acquired by activity and diligence. 

Little Nails. — Little round nails discover a person to be 

obstinately angry, seldom pleased, inclining to hate every one, 

as conceiving himself superior to others, though without any 

reasr '^ , ^^ 
-.lOns, and, ta. 

circle, and face up^o; r d Nails —A melancholy person, one who 



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'Jiroiigh choice leads a sedentary life, and would willingly give 
ap all things for the sake of study, and to improve in the 
learned and metaphysical branches of philosophy. 

Red and Spotted Nails. — Choleric and martial, delighting in 
cruelty and war; his chief pleasure being in plundering towns, 
where every ferocious particle in human nature is glutted to 
isatiety. 

When you find any black spots upon the nails, they always 
signify evil, as white ones are a token of good. 



SIGNS OR INSTANCES OF GOOD AND ILL F0RTX7NE 
ON PARTICULAR DAYS. 

Antipater Sidonius, the poet, throughout the whole space of 
his life, every year, for one day only, that is, the day whereon 
he was born, was seized with a fever; and when he had lived to 
a great age, by the certain return of his wonted disease, he died 
upon his birth day. 

The Emperor Charles Y. was born on the day of Matthias, 
the apostle, on which day also, in the course of his life, was 
King Francis taken by him in battle, and the victory likewise 
won at Biccoque; he was also elected and crowned emperor on 
the same day, and many other great fortunes befel him still on 
that day. 

M. Ofilius Hilarius, an actor of comedies, after he had pleased 
the people upon his birthday, kept a feast in his own house, and 
when supper was set forth upon the table, he ca.kd for a mess 
of hot broth to sup off ; and withal casting his eye upon the 
visor he had worn that day in the play, he fitted it again to his 
face, and taking off the garland, which he wore upon his bare 
head, he set it thereupon; in this posture, disguised as he sat, 
he was stark dead, and cold, too, before any person in the com- 
pany perceived any such thing 

King Phillip of Macedon used to celebrate bis birthday with 
extraordinary joy, as the most favorable and fortunale to him 
of all others. For once upon that day he had a triplicity of 
good tidings, that he was victor in the chariot race in the Olym- 
pic games, that Parmcnio, his general, hr.d -iaed a most im- 



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portant victory T,nd that the Queen of Olympias was delivered 
of a son, Alexander. 

It is worthy to be remembered that Thursday was observed 
to be a fatal day to King Henry VIII., and to all his posterity 
for ho himself died on Thursday, the 28th of January; King 
Edward VI., on Thursday, the 9th of July; Queen Mary, on 
Thursday, the 17th of November, and Queen Elizabeth on 
Thursday, the 24th of March. 

Franciscus Baudenus, an abbot, a citizen of Florence, and 
well known in the court of Rome, died upon the anniversary 
of his birthday, which was upon the 12th of December; he 
was buried in the church of St. Silvester, in Rome, and it was 
the observation of him that made his funeral elegy, that the 
number nine did four times happen remarkably in his affairs, 
he was born on the 19th, and died on the same, being aged 
twenty -nine, in the year 1579. 

Wednesday is said to have been fortunate to Pope Sixtus V., 
for on that day he was born, on the same day made a monk, on 
that day created general of his order, on the same day made 
cardinal, then chosen pope, and finally, on the same day was 
inaugurated. 



STRANGE WAYS THAT MURDER &c. HAVE BEEN 
DISCOVERED THROUGH DREAMS. 

Two friends traveling together in the confines of Arcadia, 
when they came to Msegara, one took up his lodging in a 
friend's house, and the other in an inn. He that lodged with his 
frienvl, thought he saw in his sleep his fellow-traveler begging 
his help against the inn-keeper, who was attempting to mur- 
der him ; upon which he leaped out of bed, with a resolution 
to see after his friend; but considering further of it, he thought 
it but a dream, and went to bed again. He was no sooner 
asleep, but his friend appears a second time wounded and 
bloody, saying, ''Revenge my death, for I am killed by the 
inn-keeper, and am now carrying towards the gate in a cart 
covered with dung." The man still fancied it was a melan- 
choly dream ; and yet thinking it would be an unpardonable 
neglect if there should be any truth in it, made haste to the 
gate, and there finding a cart loaded with dung, as the appari- 



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tion had told him, forced the cart to be unladen, and to his 
sorrow found the corpse of his murdered friend, for which the 
inn-keeper was prosecuted and hanged. 

*' Whilst I lived at Prague," saith an English gentleman, 
" and one night had sat up very late drinking at a feast, early 
in the morning the sunbeams glancing on my face as 1 lay in 
my bed, I dreamed that a shadow passing by told me that my 
father was dead. At which, awaking all in a sweat, and affected 
with this dream, I rose and wrote the day and hour, and all 
circumstances thereof, in a paper book, which book, with 
many other things, I put into a barrel, and sent it from Prague 
to Stode, thence to be conveyed into England. And now being 
at ISToremberg, a merchant of a noble family well acquainted 
with me and my relations, arrived there, who told me that my 
father died some months past. When I returned into England 
four years after, I would not open the barrel I sent ICrom 
Prague, nor look into the paper book in which I had writen 
this dream, till I had called my si ters and some other friends 
to be witnesses; where myself and they were astonished to see 
my written dream answer the very day of my father's death. 

A citizen of Milan was asked for a debt as owing by his 
dead father; and when he was in some trouble about it, the 
image of his dead father appeared to him in his sleep, told him 
the whole process of the business, ''that the debt was by him 
paid in his life time, and that if he looked in such a place, he 
should find a writing under the hand of his creditor, wherein 
he did acknowledge himself satisfied." Directly he awoke 
from his sleep, and reflecting upon his dream, he searched and 
found all things agreeable to what he had dreamed. St. Austin 
saith, that this very writing was seen by him. 

Upon a sally being made upon some of the forces of Alex- 
ander the Great, out of Harmata, a city of the Brachmans, 
many of his soldiers were wounded with poisoned darts, and 
as well as those that were lightly, as those that were deeper 
wounded, daily perished. Amongst the wounded was Ptolomy. 
a great captain, and exceedingly dear to Alexander; when, there- 
fore, in the night he had been solicitous about his welfare, as 
one whom he tenderl 5^ loved, li€ seemed in his sleep to see a 
dragon holding a certain medicinal herb in his mouth, and 
withal informing him both of the virtue it had, and of the place 
where it grew. He arose, found the herb, bruised it, and 
applied it to Ptolomy's wound ; and by this means that great 
ducestor of the royal iamily in Egypt was speedily restored 



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A rich vessel of gold being stolen out of the Temple of Her- 
cules, Sophocles (by a Genius) was showed the resemblance and 
name of the thief in his sleep, which for the first and second 
time, he neglected ; but being troubled a third night, he went 
10 the Areopagi, to whom he made relation of what had passed. 
They, upon no othei; evidence, summoned the party before 
them, who, after strict examination confessed the fact, and 
made restitution of the vessel. For which discovery the Tem- 
ple was ever after called Templum Hercules Indicts. '' The 
Temple of Hercul^ the Discoverer." 

Aiexa!9der, the philosopher, (a man known to be free from 
superstition) reports of himso&lf, **that sleeping one night he 
saw his mother's funeral soleminized, being then a day's jour- 
ney from thence. Whereupon he, waking in great sorrow and 
0iany tears, told t^.e dream to divers of his acquaintance and 
friends. The time being punctually observed, certain word 
was brought him the next day after, that at the same hour as 
Ms dream was his mother expired. 

Thomas Wotton, a little before his death, dreamed that the 
University Treasury was robbed by townsmen and poor schol- 
ars, and that the number was five; and being that day to write 
to his son Henry, at Oxford, he thought it was worth so much 
pains, as by a postscript in his letter to make a slight inquiry 
of it. The letter which was written in Kent, came to his son 
Ihe very morning after the night in which the robbery was 
committed, and when the City and University were both in a 
perplexed inquest after the thieves, then did Sir Henry "Wotton 
show his father's letter, and by it such light was given of this 
work of darkness, that the five persons were presently discov- 
ered and apprehended. Without putting the University to so 
much as the casting of a figure. 



FOREBODma DREAMS. 

There are some queer statements on record connected with 
foreboding dreams. Lord Littleton, it is said, was warned of 
his death by a dream. Brandt in his "Popular Antiquitirs,*' 
tells of a seaman who suffered much from superstitious fears. 
When on the night-watch, he would see sights and hear noises 
— in the rigging and the deep— which kept him in a perpetual 
fever of alarm. One day the poor fellow imagined the Evil 
One visited him, and told him he had only three days to live. 



¥ 



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His messmates all laughed at him. The next day he told them 
the arch fiend had paid him a second visit, announcing a repe- 
tition of the melancholy tidings. His friends expostulated with 
him, but it was no use. Now, the morning of the fatal day 
happened to be stormy, and the dreamer, w^ith others, was sent 
aloft. Before he ascended he bade his messmates farewo^l, 
telling them he had received a third warning, and he was con- 
fident he should be dead before night. He ascended into the 
rigging with this terrible foreboding on his mind, and, losing 
his hold, fell upon the deck and was killed. Now, we can 
account for the result here, by supposing the sailor to have 
taken too much strong drink before leaving port, and when at 
sea, and deprived of liquor, to have been afllicted with delirium 
tremens so terrible that the dreams and their results were quite 
natural. Probably the causes of all these forewarnings can be 
traced as easily; in other words, they lie in a weak or disordered 
mind and a shattered system. Take the case of Galba, the 
successor of Nero. It is said his death was foretold him by a 
marble statue of Fortune, which stood in the Tusculum, at 
Rome. It seems he had coquetted with this statue, as well as 
another — the capotoline Venus— and that he had, in the excess 
of his admiration, adorned Fortune with a splendid necklace of 
brilliants. The charms of Yenus, however, finally prevailed 
over those of Fortune, and the necklace was ultimately pre- 
sented to the Goddess of Beauty. In consequence of this, the 
slighted, insulted Fortune, appeared to Galba in his sleep, and, 
upbraiding him with his infidelity, told him he should be de- 
prived of all the gifts she had lavished upon him, soon after 
which he died Now Galba was seventy-two years old when 
he was slain by his soldiers, and what with rage and a fruition 
of honors, was reduced to a very weak state of mind, or he. 
never would have, just before that event, gone into ecstacies 
about the marble statue. It may be inferred, hence, that the 
very imbecility, or second childishness, which would prompt 
him to hang a necklace of diamonds around the neck of a 
marble form, would not be able to overcome its indignant visi- 
tation in a dream, because of bestowing its property on a rival 
Again, he saw his fate in his own wickedness and folly. He 
knew that the outraged Roman soldiers would soon vent the'r 
hatred in his death. 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLEB. 

TO KNOW THE TEMPER AND DISPOSITION OF 
EVERY ONE. 

THE SIGNS OF A CHOLERIC DISPOSITION ARE: 

1. — The habit of the body hot in touch, dry, lean, hard, and 
haiiy. 

2.— -The color of the face yellow. 

3. — A natural dryness of the mouth and tongwe. 

4 -The thirst great and frequent. 

5. — Activity and inquietude of the body 

6. — The pulse hard, swift, and often beating. 

7.— The spittle bitter. 

8. — The dreams are most of yellow things, of brawls, of 
fights, and quarrels. 

THE SIGNS OF A SANGUINE CONSTITUTION ARE: 

1.— The habit of the body hot in touch, fleshy, soft and 
hairy. 

2. — The color of the body fresh, sanguine and lively. 

3. — A natural and constant blush in the face. 

4. — The pulse soft, moist and full. 

5. — The spittle sweet. 

6. — Dreams most commonly of red things, of beauty, feast- 
ing, dancing, music, and all jovial and pleasing recreations. 

7. — A continual habit of pleasantness and affability. 

8 — Often affected with jests, mirth and laughter. 

THE SIGNS OF A PHLEGMATIC CONSTITUTION ARE: 

1. — The habit of the body cold and moist; in touch, soft, fat, 
gross, and not hairy. 



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2. — A constant natural whiteness or wanness in the face. 

3. — The pulse soft, slow and rare. 

4. — The thirst little and seldom desiring drink. 

5. — The dreams usually are of white things, floods, inunda- 
rions, and accidents belonging to water. 

6. — Sleep much and frequent. 

7. — Slowness and dullness of the body to exercise. 

THE SIGNS OF A MELANCHOLY CONSTITUTION ARE: 

1. — The body in touch, cold, dry, lean and smooth. 

2. — The body of a dark, dull, gloomy, leaden color. 

3. — The spittle in small quantities and sour. 

4. — Pulse little, rare and hard. 

5. — They dream of terrible things, as ghosts, wild beast^ 
etc. 

6. — Greatly oppressed with fear. 

7. — Constancy in the performance of the thing intended. 

THE SIGNS OF A GENEROUS PERSON ARE: 

1.- The forehead large, fleshy, plain and smooth. 

2. — The eye moist and shining. 

3. — The countenance expressing joy and content. 

4. — The voice pleasant. 

6. — The motion of the body slow, etc. 

THE SIGNS OF AN ILL-NATURED PERSON ABB 

1. — The form of the body meager and lean. 



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2. — The forehead cloudy, sullen and wrinkled. 

3. — The eye cast down and malicious. 

4. — A nimble tongue. 

6. —Walking a short, quick, uneven pace. 

S. — A secret murmuring to himself as he wtidi^ 



PHYSIOGNOMY. 



A knowledge of this science furnishes us the infallible means 
of discovering the temper and the mind by the countenance or 
face. Like its kindred sciences, Phrenology and Chiromancy, 
it must be carefully studied, and considerable practice is neces- 
sary to enable us to use it with absolute correctness. In deter- 
mining characters we should never depend upon a single fea- 
ture to the exclusion of the rest, for an evil tendency of the 
mind, as indicated by a portion of the countenance, may be en- 
tirely overbalanced and counteracted by characteristics as indi- 
cated by some better favored feature. 



THE FACE m GEJ^ERAL. 

1. The face that is round, plump and ruddy tells the 
person to be of an agreeable temper, faithful in love; in a man, 
it denotes him to be easily led astray. 

2. The face that is smooth, well-proportioned features, denotes 
a good disposition, but inclined to be suspicious; strongly ad- 
dicted to the pleasures of love, and agreeable conversation. 

3. A face with very prominent cheek bones and thin, shows a 
very restless disposition, fretful, and always imagining evil. 

4. A person naturally pale denotes the person amorous. 

5. A face of a sickly white denotes a very malicious disposition, 
false and very inconstant. 

6. A countenance that is pleasant, with red hair, shows the 
party to be very talkative, and at times very quarrelsome, posi- 
tive in theii' own opinioxis, and very amorous. 



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7. The person whose features are stiong, coarse and unpleas 
tnt to the eye, is of a selfish, brutal, rough and unsociable dispo- 
sition; greedy of money, harsh in expressions, but will some 
times fawn with a bad grace to gain his ends. 

8. A face whose cheek bones jut out with thin jaws is of a 
restless and thinking disposition, but penetrating and apt to 
be fretful. 

9. A face that is pale by nature, denotes a timorous disposi- 
tion, but greatly desirous of carnal pleasures. 

10. A face that is unequally red, whether streaked or appear- 
ing in spots, shows the person to be weak both in mind and 
hody, yielding easily to affliction and sickness. 



THE HEAD. 

1. The head that is large and round shows that the person 
has a tolerable understanding, but not near so good as he 
imagines ; however, upon the whole, he is rather harmless, and 
not so much given to vice. 

2. The head that is small and round, or if the face comes 
tapering, shows the person of an acute, penetrating disposition, 
much given to bantering and humor, but of very great sensi- 
bility. 

3. The head that is flat on either side, and deep from the face 
to the back, shows the person to be of a good understanding, 
deep penetration, great memory, and of an even and agreeable 
temper, but of slow belief, and not easily imposed upon. 



THE FOREHEAD. 

1. The forehead flat in the middle, shows either sex to be proud 
and ungenerous, very curious to know the secrets of others, 
and very violent in love affairs. 

2. If the forehead projects over the eye brows, running flat up 



riiE r:<:uFECT fortune teller. . ♦ 

to the hair, the possessor will be insolent and treacherous, in- 
juring every one, but never forgiving an injury 

3. The forehead that is large, round and smooth announce! 
the lady or gentlemen to be frank, open, generous, free and 
good-natured, and a safe companion; of a good understanding, 
scorning to be guilty of any mean action; faithful to his 
promises, just in his dealings, steadfast in his engagements, and 
sincere in his affections; he will enjoy a moderate state of 
health. 

4. If there be a hollow across the forehead, in the middle, 
with a ridge as of flesh above, and another below, the gentle 
man will be a good scholar, and the lady a great manufacturer, 
or attentive to whatever occupation she may be engaged in. 
They will be warm in argument oi debate — they will be firm 
and steady in any point they fix their minds upon, and by their 
perseverance will generally carry their object, yet they will 
meet with many crosses, but will bear them with patience. 

5. If the temples are hollow, with the bones advancing 
towards the forehead on either side, so that the space between 
must be necessarily flat, with a small channel or indenture ris- 
ing from the upper part of the nose to the hair, the gentleman 
or lady will be of a daring and intrepid temper, introducing 
themselves into matters where they have no business, desirous 
of passing for wits, and of a subtle and enterprising nature; 
greedy of praise, quick in quarrel, and of a wandering dispo- 
sition; very lewd, and full of resentment when they feel 
their pride hurt. In short, they delight in mischief making and 
quarrels. 



THE EYES. 

1. The eyes that are large, full and clear, denotes the possessor 
to be void of leceit, of an agreeable disposition, modest and 
bashful, particularly in affairs of love. 

2. The eye that is small but advanced in the head shows the 
gentleman or lad}^ to be of quick wit, sound constitution, lively 
genius, agreeable company and conversation, good morals, but 
rather inclined to jealousy; attentive to business, fond of fre- 
quently changing his place, punctual in fulfilling his engage 



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-stents, warm in love, prosperous in his undertakings, and gen- 
erally fortunate in most things. 

3. The gentleman or lady whose eyes are sunk in the head, 
is of a jealous, distrustful, malicious, and envious nature; de- 
ceitful in their words and actions, never to be depended upon; 
cunning in overreaching others, vain-glorious, and associates 
with lewd or bad company. 

4. The gentleman or lady who squints, or have their eyes 
turned awry, will be of a penurious disposition, but punctual 
in their dealings. 

5. A black eye is lively, brisk, and penetrating, and proves 
the person who possesses it to be of sprightly wit, lively 
conversation, not easily imposed upon, of a sound under- 
standing, but if taken on the weak side, may be led astray for 
a while. 

6. A hazel eye shows the person to be of a subtle, piercing 
and frolicsome turn, rather inclined to be arch, and sometimes 
mischievous, but good-natured at the bottom. He will be 
strongly inclined to love, and not over delicate in the means of 
gratifying that propensity. 

7. A blue eye shows the person to be of a meek and gentle 
temper, affable and good-natured, credulous, and incapable of 
violent attachments; ever modest, cool, and undisturbed by 
turbulent passions, of a strong memory, in constitution neither 
robust nor delicate, subject to no violent impressions from the 
vicissitudes of life, whether good or bad. 

8. A gray eye denotes the person to be of weak intellect, 
devoid of wit, bui a plain, plodding, downright drudge, that 
will act as he is spirited up by others. He will be slow in learn- 
ing anything that requires attention; he, however, will be just 
to the best of his understanding. 

9. A wall eye denotes the person to be of a hasty, passion- 
ate, and ungovernable temper, subject to sudden and violent 
anger; haughty to his equals and superiors, but mild and affi*- 
blc to his inferiors. 

10. A red, or as it is vulgarly called, a saucer eye, denoteji 
the person to be selfish, deceitful, and proud, and furious iu 
anger, fertile in the invention of plots, and indefatigible it 
his resolutions to bring them to bear. 



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11. A person of downcast eyes, when speaking to you, is aii 
enemy, a deceiver, and a designing person. Tliis fault is very 
bad in a person of very small face and features, a low f oreheacl, 
and broad chin turning rather upward ; for you may expect 
to find evil in them ; carefully avoid a person that does not 
look you in the face when you are speaking to them. 



THE NOSE. ^ 

1. A great nose shows a good man ; a little nose a deceitful 
person, A sharp nose denotes an angry person and a scold ; 
thick and low, a person of bad manners. 

2. A nose that comes even on the ridge, flat on the sides, 
with little or no hollow between the eyes, declares the man to 
be sulky, indolent, disdainful, treacherous, and self-sufficient; 
if it has a point descending over the nostrils, he is avaricious 
and unfeeling, vain-glorious and ignorant; peevish, jealous, 
quick in resentment, yet a coward at the bottom. 

3. A nose that rises with a sudden bulge a little below the 
eyes, and then falls again into a kind of hollow below, is pet- 
ulent and noisy, void of science, and of a very light under- 
standing. 

4. The nose that is small, slender and peaked, shows the 
person to be of a fearful disposition, jealous, fretful and in- 
sidious, ever suspicious of those about him, catching at every 
word that he can interpret to his own advantage to ground his 
dispute upon, and also very curious to know what is said and 
done. 

5. The nose that is small, tapering, round in the nostrils, 
and cocked up, shows the person to be ingenious, smart, and 
of a quick apprehension, giddy, and seldom looking into con- 
sequeuces; but generous ; agreeable, so as to carefully avoid giv- 
ing olfence; but resolute in doing himself justice when he re- 
ceives an injury. 



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THE LIPS. 

1. The lips that are thick, soft and long, announces the 
person to be of weak intellect credulous, and slightly peevish; 
but by a little soothing easily brought back to a good humor. 
He is much addicted to the pleasures of love, and scarcely mod- 
erate in the enjoyment of them; yet he is upright in his con- 
duct, and of a timorous temper. 

2. If the under lip is much thicker than the upper, and 
more prominent, the person is of a weak understanding, but 
artful, knavisli, and given to chicanery to the full extent of 
his ability. 

3. The lips that are moderately plump and even, declare 
the person to be good-humored, humane, sensible, judicious^ 
and just, neither giddy nor torpid, but pursuing in every par- 
ticular a just medium. 

4. The lips that are thin and sunk inwards, denotes the 
person to be of a subtle and persevering disposition, everlasting 
in hatred, and never sparing any pains to compass his revenge; 
in love or friendship much more moderate and uncertain, 

5. Thin lips with a little mouth, show an effeminate person; 
slender, thin and fine lips betoken eloquence; fleshy and great 
lips, a fool. And those whose teeth project are generally un- 
faithful ; also much addicted to the love of strange women. 



THE CHIK 

1. The chin that is round, with a hollow between it and the 
lip, shows the person to be of a good-humored disposition, kind 
and honest; he is sincere in his friendship, and ardent in his 
love; his understanding is good, and his genius capacious. If 
he has a dimple, it makes him better. 

2. The chin that comes down flat from the edge of the lip, 
and ends in a kind of chisel form, shows the person to be silly, 
credulous, ill-lcmpered, and greedy of unmerited honors; cap- 
tious, wavering, and unsteady; he will affect great modesty in 
the presence of others, though he will not scruple to do the 
vilest actions when he thinks himself secure from discovery. 



THE PERFECT FORTUITE TELLEB. 

3. The chin that is pointed upwards, shows the person to 
be much given to contrivances. However fair he may speak 
to you, you can never depend on his friendship, as his purpose 
is only to make you subservient to his own designs. In love 
his generosity will be of the same stamp. 

4. A long chin, especially in a married female, denotes her to 
be of a wicked disposition, and in a man, very indiscreet and 
talkative ; a little chin shows inveteracy and malice ; a broad 
chin poking forward denotes the possessor to be deceitful and 
ungrateful, and capable of imposing on their best friends, and 
of a debauched life. 

5. A round chin and dimpled shows good nature, but much ad 
dieted to pleasure ; those who have a valley at the joining of 
tlie jaws are capable of treachery. If the forehead is well 
formed and smooth it is a sign that the possessor is generous, 
tender, and good-natured, possessing a good share of understand- 
ing, faithful in business, and sincere in his affections ; but if 
this is accompanied by a long face, is greatly given to de- 
bauchery, and though at times fond of his partner and near 
connections, yet he is very inconstant. 



THE HAIR. 

1. The gentleman whose hair is very black and smooth, hang- 
ing far over his shoulders, and in large quantity, is mild but res- 
olute; cool, until greatly provoked; not much inclined to ex- 
cess of any kind, but he may be persuaded to it. He is constant 
in his attachments, and not liable to m ny misfortunes. 

2. A lady of the same kind of hair is moderate in her desires 
of every kind, addicted to reflection, and though not subject to 
violence in love, is steady in her attachments, and no enemy to 
its pleasures; of a constitution neither vigorous nor feeble. 

3. If the hair is very black, short and curling, the gentleman 
will be much given to liquor, somewhat quarrelsome, and of 
an unsettled temper; more amorous, and less steady in his un- 
dertakings, but ardent at the beginning of an enterprise. He 
will be desirous of riches, but will often be disappointed in hii 
wishes therein. 

\ The same may be said of a lady. 



THE PERP^BCT FORTUNE TZLLEB. 

5. A p^entleman "with dark brown, long and smootli hair is 
generally of a robust constitution; obstinate in his temper, 
eager in his pursuits, a lover of the fair sex, fond of variety, 
in his ordin^a-y pursuits exceedingly curious, and of a flexible 
disposition. He will live long, unless guilty of early intemper- 
ance, 

6. A laay of the same kind of hair will he nearly the same 
as the gentleman, but more steady in her conduct and attach- 
ments, especially in love. She will be of a good constitution, 
have many children, enjoy good health and a reasonable share 
of happiness. 

7. If the hair is short and bushy it will make very little alter- 
ation in the gentleman or lady, but that the gentleman will be 
more forward \o strike when provoked, and the lady will be 
more of a scold. 

8. A gentleman with light brown, long, smooth hair, is of a 
peaceable, even and rather generous temper; will prevent mis- 
chief if in his power, but when very much provoked will strike 
furiously ; but is afterwards sorry for his passion, and soon ap- 
peased; strongly attached to the company of ladies, and will 
protect them from insult. Upon the whole, he is in general an 
amicable character, affable and kind. 

9. A lady with the same kind of hair is tender-hearted, but 
hasty in temper; neither obstinate nor haughty; i>er inclinations 
to love never unreasonable; her constitution will be good, but 
she will be seldom very fortunate. 

10. A gentleman with fair hair will be of a weak constitution; 
his mind given much to reflection, especially in religious mat- 
ters. He will be assiduous in his occupation, but not given to 
rambling ; very moderate in his amorous wishes, but will not live 
to an old age. 

11. A lady of this colored hair is of a good constitution; 
never to be diverted from her purposes; passionate in love 
affairs; never easy unless in company, and delights in hearing 
herself praised, especially for beauty; delights in dancing and 
strong exercises, and commonly lives to a great age. 

12. A gentleman with long hair is cunning, artful and de- 
ceitful; he is much addicted to traffic of some kind, restless in 
his disposition, constantly roving, and desirous of enjoying the 
pleasures of love. He "is covetous of getting money, and 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER, 

spends it foolishly; he is indefatigible, and no obstacle will in- 
duce him to forsake his enterprise until he has seen the issue of 
it. lie is inclined to timidity, but by reflection may correct it, 
and pass for a man of courage. 

13. A lady of the same kind of hair is glib of tongue, talka- 
tive and vain; her temper is impatient and fiery, and will not 
submit to contradiction; she has a constant flow of spirits, and 
much given to the pleasures of love. However delicate her 
spirits may seem, her constitution is generally vigorous; but 
she seldom lives to see old age, for obvious reasons; her pi-om- 
ises are seldom to be depended on, because the next object that 
engrosses her attention makes her forgetful of everything that 
preceded it, and will always resent any disappointment she may 
meet with. 

14. If the hair falls off at the fore part of the head, the per 
son will be easily led, though otherwise rational, and wi 1 often 
be duped when he thinks he is acting right; he will likewise 
frequently meet with disappointments in money matters, which 
will either hurt his credit, or force him to shorten his expenses. 

15. If the hair falls off behind, he will be obstinate, peevish, 
passionate and fond of commanding others, though he has no 
right, and will grow angry if his advice is not followed. How- 
ever preposterous, he will be fond of hearing and telling old 
stories and tales of ghosts and fairies, but will be a good do 
mestic man, and provide for his family to the utmost of hi& 
power. 

16. If the hair forms an arch round the forehead, without 
being much indented at the temples, both the gentleman and 
the lady will be innocent, credulous, moderate in all their de- 
sires, and though not ardent in their pursuits, will still be per 
severing. They will be modest, good-natured, prosperous and 
happy. 

17. If the hair is indented at the temples, the person will be 
affable, steady, good-natured, prudent, and attentive to busi- 
ness., of a solid constitution, and long lived. 

18. If the hair descends low upon the forehead, the person 
will be selfish and designing; of a surly disposition, unsociable, 
and given to drinking. He will also be addicted to avarice, and 
his mind will always be intent upon the means of carrying oa 
his schemes. 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

THE EYEBROWS. 

1. When the eyebrows meet across the nose, and are large, the 
person is uncoramonly harsh, ungenerous, unsettled and design 
ing, though very proud. 

2. If the eyebrows are very hairy, and that hair long and 
curled, with several of tlie hairs starting out, the gentleman or 
lady is of a gloomy disposition, litigous and quarrelsome, 
although a coward; greedy after the affairs of this world, per- 
petually brooding over some melancholy subject and not an 
agreeable companion. He will be diffident, penurious, and 
weak in his understanding; never addicted to any kind of 
learning. He will pretend much friendship, but will make his 
affected passion subservient to his pecuniary designs, and also 
given to drinking. 

3. If a gentleman or lady has long eyebrows, with some 
long hairs, they will be of a fickle disposition, weak-minded, 
credulous and vain, always seeking after novelties, and neglect- 
ing their own business; they will be talkative, pert and dis- 
agreeable in company; very fond of contradiction, but will not 
bear disappointment patiently; and also will be much addicted 
to drinking. 

4. If the eyebrows are thick and even, that is, without any 
or with few starting hairs, the gentleman or lady will be of an 
agreeable temper, sound understanding, and tolerable wit; 
moderately addicted to pleasure, fearful of giving offense, but 
intrepid and persevering in support of right; charitable and 
generous, sincere in their professions of love and friendship, 
and enjoy a good constitution. 

5. If the eyebrow is small, thin of hair, and even, the gen- 
tleman or lady will be weak-minded, timorous, superficial, and 
not to be depended on; they will be desirous of knowledge, 
but will not have patience and assiduity enough to give it 
the necessary attention; they will be desirous of praise for 
worthy actions, but will not have the spirit or perseverance 
enough to perform them in that degree of excellence that is 
requisite to attract the notice of wise men. They will be of a 
delicate constitution. 

6. If the eyebrow is thick of hair towards the nose, and 
goes off suddenly very thin, ending in a point, the gentleman 
or lady will be surly, capricious, jealous, fretful, and easily 
provoked to rage; in their love they will be intemperate. 



THE PERFIjCT fortune TELLER. 

THE NOSTRILS. 

The nostrils thick and strong, betoken strength ; if round, 
f^ir, drawn in length, merry and courageous. The nostrils 
n rrow and round betoken a foolish person. 



THE MOUTH. 

A large mouth, with upper lip hanging over, signifies a foolish 
U'iSteadfast person. 



THE BODY. 

Strength of Body is known by stiff hair, large bones, fiiTn 
and robust limbs, short muscular neck, firm and erect, the head 
b'-oad and high, the forehead short, hard and peaked, with 
ri'istly hair, large feet, rather thick and broad, a harsh, unequal 
^jice, and choleric complexion. 

Weakness of Body is distinguished by a small ill-propor- 
tioned head, narrow shoulders, soft skin, and melancholy com- 
c.exion. 

The Signs of Long Life are strong teeth, a sanguine temper- 
ament, middle size, large, deep, and ruddy lines in the hand; 
ihrge muscles, stooping shoulders, full chest, firm flesh, clear 
^^omplexion, slow growth, wide ears and large eyelids. 

Short Life may be inferred from a thick tongue, the appear 
■f ice of grinders before the age of puberty, thin, straggling 
•i.id uneven teeth, confused lines in the hand, of a quick but 
small growth. 

A Good Genius may be expected from a thin skin, middle 
stature, blue bright eyes, fair complexion, straight and pretty 
strong hair, and affable aspect, the eyebrows joined, moderation 
in mirth, an open, cheerful countenance, and the temples a 
Zittle concave. 

A Dunce may be known by a swollen neck, plump arms, 
fides and loins, a round head, concave behind, a large fleshy 
torehead, pale eyes, a heavy dull look, small joints, snuffling 



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nostrils, and a proneness to laughter, little hands, and ill-pro- 
portioned head, either too big or too little, blubber lips, short 
fingers, and thick legs. 

Fortitude is promised from a wide mouth, a sonoious voice, 
grave, slow, and always equal, upright posture, large eyes, 
pretty open and steadfast, the hair high above the forehead, 
the head much compressed or flattened, the forehead square 
and high, the extremities large and robust, the neck firm 
though not fleshy, a large, corpulent chest, and brown com- 
plexion. 

Boldness is characterized by a prominent mouth, rugged ap- 
pearance, rough forehead, arched eyebrows, large nostrils and 
teeth, short neck, great arms, ample chest, square shoulders, 
and a forward countenance. 

Prudence is generally distinguished by a head w hich is flat 
on the sides, broad square forehead a little concave in the mid- 
dle, a soft voice, a large chest, ihln hair, light eyes, either blue, 
brown or black, large ears, and an aquiline nose. 

A Good Memory is commonly attached to those who are 
smaller, yet better formed in the upper than in the lower parts, 
not fat but fleshy, of a fair delecate skin, with the poll of the 
head uncovered, crooked nose, teeth thick set, large ears, with 
plenty of cartilage. 

A Bad Memory is observable in persons who are larger in 
their superior than inferior parts, fleshy though dry and bald. 

A Good Imagination and Thoughtful Disposition is distin- 
guished by a large prominent forehead, a fixed and attentive 
look, slow respiration, and an inclination of the head, 

A Good Sight is enjoyed by those persons who have generally 
black, thick, straight eye- lashes, large bushy eyebrows, concave 
eyes, contracted as it were inwards. 

Short -Sighted People have a stern, earnest look, small, short 
eyebrows, large pupils, and prominent eyes. 

Sense of Hearing. Those who possess the same in perfection^ 
have ears well furnished with gristle, well channeled and hairy.' 

The Sense of Smelling is most perfect in those who have large 
noses, descending very near the mouth, neither too moist nor 
too dry. 



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A Nice Faculty of Tasting is peculiar to such as have a 
spongy, porous, soft tongue, well moistened with saliva, yet 
not wet. 

Delicacy in the Touch belongs to those who have a soft skin, 
sensible nerves, and nervous sinews, moderately warm and dry. 

Irascibility is accompanied by an erect posture, a clear 
skin, a solemn voice, open nostrils, moist temi)les, displaying 
superficial veins, thick neck, equal use of bolh hands 
quick pace, blood-shot eyes, large, unequal, ill-arranged teeth, 
and choleric disposition. 

Timorousness resides where we find a concave neck, pale 
color, weak winking eyes, soft eyes, soft hair, smooth plump 
breast, shrill, tremulous voice, small mouth, thin lips, broad 
thin hands, and small, shambling foot. 

Melancholy is denoted by a wrinkled countenance, dejected 
e}'es, meeting eyebrows, slow pace, fixed look, and deliberate 
respiration. 

An am.orous Disposition may be known by a fair, slender 
fa'^^-e, a redundancy of hair, rough temples, broad forehead, 
moist shining eyes, wide nostrils, narrow shoulders, haiiy 
hands and arms, well shaped legs. 

Gaiety attends a serene, open forehead, rosy, agreeable coun- 
tenance, a sweet musical tone of voice, an agile body, and soft 
flesh. 

Envy appears with a wrinkled forehead, frowning, dejected, 
and squinting look, a pale, melancholy countenance, and a dry, 
rough skin. 

Intrepidity often resides in a small body, with red curled 
hair, ruddy countenance, frowning eyebrows, arched and 
meeting, eyes blue or yellowish, large mouth, and red lines in 
the hand. 

Gentleness or compalcency may be distinguished by a soft 
and moist palm, frequency of shutting the eyes, soft movement, 
slow speech, soft, straight and lightish colored hair. 

Bashfulness may be discovered by moist eyes, never wide 
open, eyebrows frequently lowered, blushing cheeks, moderate 
pace, slow and submissive speech, bent body, and glowing ear^ 
*f a puiple hue. 



THE PERP'ECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

Temperance or sobriety is accompanied with equal respiration, 
a moderated sized mouth, smooth temples, eyes of an ordinary 
size; either fair on azure, and a short, flat body. 

Strengtli of mind is signified by light curled hair, a small 
body, shining eyes, but a little depressed, a grave, intense 
voice, bushy beard, large, broad back and shoulders. 

Pride stands confessed with large eyebrows, a large prominent 
mouth, a broad chest, slow pace, erected head, shrugging 
shoulders, and starmg eyes. 

Luxury dwells with a ruddy or pale complexion, downy 
temples, bald pate, little eyes, thick neck, corpulent body, 
large nose, thin eyebrows, and hands covered with a kind of 
down. 

Loquacity may be expected from a bushy beard, broad fingers, 
pointed tongue, eyes of a ruddy hue, a large prominent upper 
lip, and sharp pointed nose. 

Perverseness may be dreaded when we perceive a high fore- 
head, firm, short, thick, immovable neck, quick speech, im- 
moderate laughter, fiery eyes, and short fleshy hands and 
fingers 



SIGNS AND AUGURIES. 



However skeptical some persons may profess to be on the 
subject of signs, auguries, and forewarnings, still few will 
venture to deny that in innumerable instances those admonitions 
and forewarnings have been speeddily followed by events of a 
pleasant or a painful nature to those who have received them. 
The belief in signs and auguries has been cherished by mankind 
ever since the creation ; and this remarkable faculty is not con- 
fined to the human family alone, but lower animals possess it, 
some of them in extraordinary degree. The following are a 
few of the multifarious signs and auguries which admonish and 
forewarn mankind at one time or another. 

Should you be the subject of a deep depression of spirits, 
contrary to your usual constitutional buoyancy and liveliness, 
it is a sign that you are about to receive some agreeable intelli- 
gence. 

If the crown of your head itches more than ordinary, you 
may expect to be advanced to a more honorable position in 
life. 

Should the hair on your head come off when combing in 
greater quatities than usual, it is a sign that you will soon be 
the subject of a severe attack of illness. 

If your right eyebrow should immoderately itch, be assured 
Fou are going to look upon a pleasant sight— a long-absent 
friend, or a long-estranged but now reconciled lover. 

Should your left eye-brow be visited with a tantalizing itch- 
ing, it is a sign that you will look upon a painful sight — the 
corpse of a valued friend or your lover walking with a favored 
rival. 

A ringing in your ear is an augury that you will shortly hear 
some pleasant news. 



THE PERFECT FOBTUNE TELLER. 

A ringing in your left ear is a sign that you will in a short 
time receive intelligence of a very unpleasant nature. 

When your left ear tingles, some one is back-biting you. 

A violent itching of the nose foretells trouble and sorrow 
to those who experience it. 

An itching of the lips is a sign that some one is speaking dJB- 
respectfully of you. 

When you are affected by an itching on the back of your 
neck , be assured that either yourself or some one nearly re- 
lated to you, is about to suffer a violent death. 

An itching on the right shoulder, signifies that you will 
shortly receive a gift. , 

When you feel an itching sensation on your left shoulder, be 
sure that you are about to bear a heavy burden of sorrow and 
trouble. 

If your right elbow joint itches, you may expect shortly to 
hear some intelligence that will give you extreme pleasure. 

Should you be annoyed with a violent itching on your left 
elbow joint, you may be sure that some vexatious disapoint- 
ment will be experienced by you. 

If you feel an itching on the palm of your right hand, you 
may expect soon to receive some money which you have been 
long expecting. 

When the palm of ^ our left hand itches, you may expect to 
be called upon to pay some money for a debt which you have 
not personally incurred. 

An itching on the rpine of your back is a sign that you will 
shortly be called upon to bear a heavy burden of sorrow and 
trouble. 

An itching on your loins is an indication that you will soon 
recieve an addition to your family, if married; if single, that 
you are on the eve of marriage. 

When you are affected with an itching on the belly, expect 
to be invited to a feast upon choice collection of savory 
meats. 



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When either or both of your thighs itch, be assured that you 
are about to change your sleeping apartment. 

If you have an itching sensation in your right knee, depend 
upon it that you will shortly undergo a remarkable and bene- 
ficial change in your previous course of life, and become reli- 
giousl}^ inclined. 

If a similar sensation prevails in your left knee, you may ex- 
pect to undergo a change in your deportment of an unfavorable 
nature. 

An itching sensation on the shins, foretells that you will be 
visited with a painful and long- continued affliction. 

When your ankle-joints itch, be sure that you are about to 
be united to one whom you love, if single; if married, that 
your domestic comforts will be largely increased. 

When the sole of your right foot itches, you may be assured 
that you are about to undertake a journey from which you will 
derive much pleasure and enjoyment. 

Should you experience a similar sensation on the sole of your 
left foot, you may expect to be called upon to take a journey 
of an unpleasant and melancholy nature. 



THE WEATHER. 

In the evening, when the horizon in the west is tinged with a 
ruddy glow, it is a sign that bright and dry weather will speed- 
ily follow. 

When the sky appears ruddy in the east in the evening, 
changeable weather may be confidently anticipated. 

Should the horizon in the north wear a ruddy appearance in 
the evening, stormy and boisterous weather may be expected. 

If the clouds in the south are ruddy in the evening, sun- 
shiny and rainy weather will prevail for some time afterward. 

When the face of the moon is partially obscured by a light 
thin vapor, rain will shortly follow. 



THE PIlJIFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

When the rays of the sun at mid-day are more than ordmari- 
ly dazzling, rainy weather will shortly succeed. 

In summer time when the swallows fly near to the ground, 
rainy weather will assuredly soon follow. 

The shrill crowing of the cock during rainy weather is a sign 
that drought will speedily prevail. 

When the smoke from the chimney falls down toward the 
ground, instead of rising upward, it is a sign that rainy weath- 
er will soon follow. 

If on a foggy morning in summer the fog rises upward, it 
will be a fine day; if the fog falls to the ground, it will be 
wet. 

When, in summer time, you see cattle grazing in a field and 
gathering together in groups, be assured that a thunder-storm 
is approaching. 

When you see the fowls in the farm-yard flocking together 
under some covert, be assured that ungenial weather is about to 
succeed. 

When the crows on flying over your head make an extraordi- 
nary and discordant cawing, rain will come on shortly. 

When you see your dog or cat more than ordinarily restless, 
frisking about the house in all directions, be assured that some 
boisterous weather will shortly follow. 

In rainy weather, when you hear the chiriping of the spar- 
rows on the house- top more shrill than usual, it is a sign that 
clear and dry weather will quickly succeed. 

When you see a vapory fluid resting upon a stagnant pond in 
the fore part of the day, you may conclude that rainy weather 
will shortly come on. Should the vapor ascend and clear away, 
a continued draught may be anticipated. 

In summer, when the atmosphere is dense and heavy, and 
there is scarcely a breath of air, be assured that a thunder-stcrm 
is coming on. 

When the firmament is lighted up with meteoric phenomena, 
such as falling stars, globes of fire, &c., changeable and boist 
erous weather may be expected to prevail. 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

\Yhen the rising sun appears like a solid mass of fervent- 
heated metal, and no rays appear to emanate therefrom, fine 
and dry weather may be confidently anticipated. 

When the sun sets in a halo of ruddy brightness, genial and 
bright weather may be fully relied on for the coming day. 

When the moon appears of a ruddy hue, stormy and boister- 
ous weather may be expected to follow. 

When the stars appear of a sparkling brightness, fine and 
genial weather may be expected to prevail for some time. 
Should the stars appear obscure and dim, changeable and rainy 
weather may be apticipated. 

The luminous appearance of the Aurora Borealis, or Northern 
Lights, iu the firmament, fortells the approach of stormy and 
boisterous weather. 

When the setting sun in the autumn or winter seasons appears 
ruddy, it is a sign that high and boisterous winds may be ex- 
pected to blow from the north and north-west When the sun 
at its rising in the autumn or winter seasons appears ruddy, it 
fortells that high and lioisterous winds may be anticipated to 
blow from the south and south-east. 

When the sea-birds are observed flocking toward the shore, 
storms and tempests may be confidently expected. 

When in the early autumn season the migratory birds are seen 
flocking together, and taking their departure, it is a certain sign 
that rough and boisterous weather is approaching, and that a 
severe winter may be anticipated. 

When the doves around a dove-cote make a more than ordi- 
nary cooing, and frequently pass in and out of their cote, it is 
a sign that a change of weather is near. 

When the robin approaches your habitation, it is a sign that 
wintery weather will shortly prevail. 

When there is a thi-^k vapory mist resting on the tops of high 
hills in the morning, and remains there during the day, it is a 
sign that wet and ungenial weather may be anticipated. Should 
the mist eventually rise upward, and be evaporated by the sun's 
rays, a return to fine dry weather may be looked for; if, how- 
ever, the mist falk down into the valley, a continuation of WPt 
weather will prevail. 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

TO TELL FORTUNES BY DOMINOES. 

Lay them with their faces on the table and shuffle them; 
hen draw one and see the number, which has its meaning as 
follows : 

Double -six. Receiving a handsome sum of money. 

Six-five. Going to a place of public amusement. 

Six-four. Law suits and trouble, which can only be avoided 
by great care. 

Six-three. A ride in a carriage. 

Six-two. A present of clothing. 

Six-one. You will soon perform a friendly action. 

Six -blank. Guard against scandal, or you will suffer by 
four inattention. 

Double-five. A new abode to your advantage. 
Five-four. A fortunate speculation in business. 
Five -three. A visit from a superior. 
Five-two. A pleasant excursion on the water. 
Five-one. A love intrigue. 
Five-blank. A funeral, but not of a relation. 
Double-four. Drinkmg liquor at a distance. 
Four-three. A false alarm at your house. 

Four-two. Beware of thieves and swindlers. Ladies, take 
notice of this; it means more than it says. 

Four-one. Expect trouble from creditors. 

Four-blank, You will receive a letter from an angry friend. 

Double -three. A sudden wedding, at which you will be 
vexed, and by which you will lose a friend. 

Three-two. Buy no lottery tickets, nor enter into any game 
of chance, or you will assuredly lose. 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

calculations :— If your queen is not amongst them you stay in 
your place will be long. If there are three tens in this division 
you will marry well ; if the ten of spjides is next to the seven 
of diamonds, beware of temptation and seduction. 



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CHARM OF THE ROSE. 

OR HOW TO TELL WHETHER YOU WILL EVER BECOME RICE. 

Take a common full-blown rose, and having thrown flour 
of sulphur into a chatSng dish of hot coals, hold the rose over 
the fumes thereof, and if it change to w^hite, you will most 
assuredly become very rich, but if it change to drab, or nearly 
white, you will never be very rich, and will meet with great 
misfortunes. 



THE ANNISEED CHARM. 

OR HOW TO SUCCEED IN ANY GREAT UNDERTAKING. 

If you are going on any great undertaking and wish to suc- 
ceed in it, you should annoit your head and feet with anni- 
seed, and cross your face and chest with red chalk ; cut three 
locks of your hair from the back of your head, make a good fire 
with coke or coal, stand in front of the same, and commit the 
hair to the flames, repeating the following verse three times 
without once drawing breath : — 

O sweet anniseed do assist me, 
To succeed in this, and I will bless thee, 
For a great undertaking I want your aid. 
Grant me the same, and my fortune is made. 

Watch the fire till the last spark has expired, go to bed at mid- 



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night, rise at four, and well cleanse your skin from the annoiiit- 
ment, go to bed again until five o'clock, then get up and com- 
mence operations, and you will be sure to succeed. 



CHARM OF AFFECTIO]^. 

•OR HOW TO TELL, WHETHER YOUR BROTHER OR FATHER, OB 

ANY OTHER RELATION HAS BEEN SLAIN OR WOUNDED 

IN A BATTLE THAT HAS JUST BEEN FOUGHT. 

When you hear of a battle having been fought, in which 
your relation has been engaged, take a handful of common salt 
and place it on a piece of paper, writing paper is best, and place 
the paper of salt on the middle of a round mahogany table, then 
get a quarter of an ounce of brimstone, a quarter of an ounce 
of blue fire and a quarter of an ounce of red, the last three 
articles you must lay separately on clean white plates, putting 
them in the form of a triangle round the paper of salt, then 
take the paper of salt and empty it round the edges of the plates 
containing the brimstone and the blue and red fire; set them 
all on fire simultaneously, and if the brimstone burns out first, 
your relation is safe; if the blue light burns out first, he is 
wounded; but^if the red light burns out first, he has been 
killed. You must be careful of letting the light touch the salt, 
or of spilling it upon the table. 



CHARM OF THE DOVE. 

FOR PROCURING REVELATIONS BY DREAMS. 

This must be tried alone, and with profound secresy, between 
the hours of nine and twelve at night, neither sooner nor later. 
Take a white dove, and kill it, take out the heart and liver, and 
roast it till you can powder it on a sheet of white paper, mix 
one tea-spoonful of this with a drachm of dragon's blood, put 
them in half a gill of Cyprus wine, and drink it on going to 
bed, previously mix the blood that flows from the bird with 
wheaten flour, into a cake of the form of a heart, prick it with 
the first letters of your name, and the form of a Maltese cross; 
leave the cake baking over the fire, as it will have great infl^j- 
once in your dream. 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

THE DREAMING CHAKM. 

FOR DREAMING MORE FULLY ON SUBJECTS PREVIOUSLY 
DKEAIVIED. 

^ When you dream any particnlar dream, write it down in a 
circle, on a round piece of paper, so that the last word cornea 
into the middle, and place it under your pillow on going to bed, 
and you will dream more fully on the subject. 



THE MYSTIC SPELL. 

F©R TESTING WHETHER A SUPPOSED FRIEND IS A REAL ONE 
OR NOT, OR WHETHER YOUR LOVER IS TRUE OR FALSE. 

Get three, five, seven, nine, eleven, or thirteen leaden bullets* 
they must be new, and all of different sizes, and must not have 
been made by yourself. If you are a male, you must choose 
even numbers ; if a female, odd ; we will say, for comparison, 
that you are a female, well, you get seven bullets, according to 
the above directions ; as the clock strikes ten, you must bury 
them in the ground, seven inches deep, that is, one inch for 
every bullet you use, this you must do six consecutive nights, 
taking them up each day as the clock strikes the same hour, 
and on the sixth you must sprinkle them with rose-water, or 
lavender water, (either will do, and any time of the day will do 
for this), and tie them in your left sock or stocking on going to 
bed, placing them under- your pillow, and if the person you are 
testing is true, he will appear to you in a vision in the course 
of the night, if, on the other hand, he is playing you false, you 
will see nothing. 

You must not try this charm or mystic spell with less than 
three or more than thirteen bullets, if you do it will destroy the 
spell, and you might as welllet it alone. 



THE NEEDLE CHARM, (FOR LOVERS.) 

OR HOW TO MAKE AN ANGRY LOVER'S NOSE ITCH UNTIL HE 

HAS HAD AN INTERVIEW WITH YOU, AND FORGIVEN 

ANY FAULT THAT HAS OFFENDED HIM. 

Get a small piece of red blotting paper, about two inches 
square and cut a small hole in the center with your, scissors, (a 



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knife will not do) ; take a needle and pierce a small hole in 
each corner of the paper, then, with another needle, pierce your 
thumbs and little fingers till the blood flows, then wet two cor- 
ners of the paper with the blood from your 1 little fingers, and 
the other two with the blood from your thumbs, let the paper 
dry and then burn it, repeating the following verse the while : — 

Come to me miy lover calm, 

Be generous, kind, and free, 
Come my lover to my arms, 

And I'll ever think of thee. 

This done, your lover will have no peace, day or night, until 
he has seen and forgiven you. 



THE CHARM OF LOVE. 

OR HOW TO TELL WHETHER YOUR LOVER OR SWEETHEART 
EVER LOVED ANY ONE ELSE. 

Take seven gray peas and one white one, which must have 
laid in dry salt for three days, and place them round the wick 
of a tallow candle while it is lighted, and let them stay there 
for thirty minutes without onee snuffing it, then take them out 
and put them in a small saucepan, let them boil over a slow 
fire for three hours, but do not look at them the while, then strain 
them off, and if the gray one has boiled soft and the white one 
has kept hard, your lover, or sweetheart, never loved any one 
else,'^but if the white one boil soft and the gray ones keep hard, 
he or she has loved some one else. 



THE PARCHMEl^T CHARM. 

OB HOW TO MAKE A DYINO RELATION" THINK OP YOU IN HIS 
OR HER WILL. 

Get a piece of new parchment, and in the right-hand bottom 
cornel write the name of your relative, then write your own 
underneatli, you must then write tlie sum of money or prop- 
erty that you wish to have left you underneath the two signa- 
tures, this done, you hide the parchment in some secret place 



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for three weeks, then you remove it to your clothes box, first 
soaking the parcliiuent in the blood of a male rabbit, or hare; 
now the charm or spell is complete, and when your relative 
dies you will tind that what property you have wished for on 
the parchment has been left you. 



CHARM OF THE MYRTLE. 

OR HOW TO DREAM OF YOUR INTENDED HUSBAND. 

Let any number of young women, not exceeding seven or less 
than three, assemble in a room, where they are sure to be safe 
from interlopers, just as the clock strikes eleven at night, take 
from your bosom a sprig of myrtle, which you must have worn 
there all day, and fold it up in a bit of tissue paper, then light 
up a small chafing dish of charcoal, and on it each maiden 
throw nine hairs from her head, and a pareing of her toe and 
firger nails, then let each sprinkle a small quantity of myrtle 
and frankincense in the charcoal, and while the odoriferous 
vapor rises, fumigate your myi'tle (this plant or tree is conse- 
crated to Venus) with it. Go to bed while the clock is 
striking twelve, place the myrtle exactly under jour head, 
and you will be sure to dream of your future husband. Ob- 
serve, it is no manner of use trying this charm if you are not 
a real virgin, and the myrtle hour of performance must be past 
in strict silence. 



THE BEAN, PEA, AND OAT CHARM. 

TO TELL WHETHER YOUR FUTURE HUSBAND IS A DRUNKARD. 
OR IN THE HABIT OP STOPPING OUT LATE AT NIGHT. 

Get seven beans, any sort will do, and seven gray peas, and 
seven black oats, set them in three different flower-pots, at the 
hour of three in the morning, no other time will do, water them 
w^ith cold spring w^ater every night as the clock is striking 
twelve for three consecutive nights, and on the fourth night 
looli at them, by removing the mould, and if the beans and 
peas and oats have all began to shoot,' your future husband will 
neither be a drunkard, or stop out late at night, but if none of 
have be^un to shoot it will be the reverse. 



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CHARM OF THE CANDLES, 

OR now TO TELL WHETHER A CHILD BELONGING TO YOU OR 
ANY OTHER PERSON SHALL LIVE OR DIE. 

Get three penny mould candles, and with a pin write the 
christian name of the father on one of the candles, and the 
name of the mother on another, and the name of the child 
upon the third, then set all three burning, and if the candle 
with the child's name written upon it burns out first, the child 
will not live, if the one with the mother's name written upon 
it burns out first, the child will be married early, but if the one 
with the father's name written upon it burns out first, the child 
will never be married, but will li^e to a great age. 



THE FIGURE CHARM. 

OR HOW TO KNOW IF A CHILD NEW BORN SHALL LIVE OR DgE. 

This is similar to the above, and will only do for a child 
under a week old. 

Write the name of the father and mother, and the day the 
child was born upon a piece of blue paper, and put to every 
letter a number, beginning at 1, then add 15 to the total, and 
divide the whole by 5, if it is even, the child will die, on the 
other hand, if it is uneven, it will live. 



CHARM OF THE RIBBOISTS. 

OR HOW TO TELL WHETHER YOUR LOVER WILL MARRY YOU 

OR NOT. 

Take two pieces zi ribbon, precisely alike in length, breadth, 
and color, double each of them, separately, fco that their ends 
meet, then join them together very neatly with a piece of silk 
of their own color by the middle or crease made in doubling 
them, by this you will have four ends to the ribbon, to this crease 
or join, fasten a wedding-ring, previously borrowed from a 
woman, you must then Jborrow your lover's scarf-pin, which 
you m^ist fasten in the wall, outside your bed-room window, 



TIIE TERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

then bang tlie ribbons on the pin, stretching one end upwards, 
one end downwards, and the other ends crosswise, to form a 
cross against the wall by the ends being fastened with pins. 
They must be where the sun shines, and should not be looked 
at for three hours, and if any of them fade or change color, 
your lover will be sure to marry you. 



THE SULPHURIC CHARM. 

OR HOW^ TO TELL A LADY IF SHE IS IN LOVE. 

Put into a phial some sulphuric ether, color ij red with 
orcharet, then mix the tincture with spermaceti, place the phial 
which contains it in a lady's hand, and if she is in love it will 
dissolve, and becom.e fluid. This can be done at any time. 



THE RING CHARM. 

OR HOW TO I ETCH YOUR LOVER TO YOU AT ANY REQUIRED 

TIME. 

Prick your w^edding finger of the left hand with a sharp 
needle till the blood flows, and with the blood write your own 
and lover's name on a piece of writing paper, encircle it with 
three round rings of the same crimson stream, fold it up, and 
exactly at the seventh hour of the evening, bury it in the earth, 
and tell no one, this done your lover will not be long before he 
makes an appearance. 



CHARM WITH THE BREAD AKD WHSTE, 

OR HOW TO TELL WHETHER YOU WILL HAVE A FAMILY OR NOT. 

Half fill a glass with water, throw a piece -of bread into it, 
about the size of a nut ; pour some wine lightly on the bread, 
and if you see the water at the bottppi of the glass, ^nd the 



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wine floating at tlie top, you will have a family, but, if the 
wine mix with the water, you will not. 



TO SEE A FUTURE HUSBAND OR SWEETHEART IN 
A DREAM. 

The party inquiring must lie in a different county from that 
in which she resides, and on going to bed must knit the left 
garter about the right leg stocking, letting the other garter and 
stocking alone ; as you rehearse the following verse knit a knot 
at every comma : — 

This knot I knit, to know the thing I know not yet, 
That I may see, the man that my husband shall be, 
How he goes, and what he wears. 
And what he does all days and years. 

Accordingly, he will appear in a dream with the insignia of 
his trade or profession. 



TO KNOW IF YOUR SWEETHEART WILL MARRY 

YOU. 

Let any unmarried woman take the blade-bone of a shoulder 
of lamb, and borrowing a pen-knife, (but be sure not to mention 
for what purpose,) on going to bed stick the knife once through 
the bone for nine nights, in different places, repeating thesQ 
^ords while sticking the knife : — 

'Tis not this bone I mean to stick, 
But my lover's heart I mean to prick. 
Wishing him neither rest nor sleep, 
Till he comes to me to speak. 

At the ei^4 of njne days or shortly after he will ask for 
something to piit to a wound he will have met with during the 
time you were charming l}ij^. 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

TO KNOW WHETHER A FEMALE WILL HAVE THE 
MAN SHE WISHES. 

Get two lemon peels, carry them about with you all day, one 
in each pocket ; at night rub the four posts of the bedstead 
with tnem. If you are to succeed the person will appear in 
your sleep, and present you with a couple of lemons ; if not 
there is no hope. 



TO KNOW WHETHER A PERSON WILL BE MARRIED. 

Take a pea-pod in which are nine peas, hang the same over 
the door, and take notice of the first person who comes in who 
is not of the family, and if he be a bachelor you will be mar- 
ried within the year. 



THE HERB CHARM. 

OR HOW TO MAKE A MAN LOVE YOU WHETHER HE IS PRE- 
VIOUSLY IKCLLNED TO DO SO OR NOT. 

Place a sprig of led sage, a sprig of rosemary, or any other 
garden herb in a glass jar, so that when it is inverted, the stem 
may be downwards, and the sprig supported by the sides of the 
jar, then put some benzoic acid upon a piece of iron, so that 
the acid may be sublimed in the form of a thick white vapor. 
Invert the jar over the iron, and leave the whole untouched 
until the sprig be covered by the sublimed acid in the form of a 
beautiful hoar frost. This done you must bury the jar under 
an apple -tree, first covering the mouth of it with a piece of 
parchment, and on going to bed, and on getting up in the mom- 
iiig» you must repeat the following rhyme : 

O fragrant herbs I ask of thee, 
To make my chosen one love me, 
Let him not lead a happy life. 
Until I am his wedded wife. 

Now, this charm or mystic spell is finished, beware of re- 
moving or looking at the jar until your cliosen one has married 
you, or the charm will be broken. 



/ THE PERFECT FORTUNE TIILLER. 

THE FRIDAY AND MIDSUMMEE CHARM. 

On any Friday tliroughout the year take rosemary flowers, 
bay leaves, thyme, and sweet marjoram, of each a handful; dry 
these and make them into fine powder; then take a tea-spoon- 
ful of each sort, mix the whole together, then take twice the 
quantity of barley flour, and mix the whole into a cake with 
the milk of a red cow. This cake is not to be baked, but wrapp- 
ed in clean writing-paper, and laid under your head ai night. 
If the person dreams of music she will shortly wed him she 
wishes, if she dreams of fire she will be crossed in love, if of a 
church, she will die single. If anything is written or there is 
the least spot on the paper it will not do. Again: — 

If any unmarried woman, fasting on Midsummer eve, and at 
midnight laying a clean cloth, with bread, cheese and ale, and 
sitting down as if going to eat (the street door being left open) 
the person whom she is afterwards to marry will come into the 
room and drink to her by bowing, and afterwards filling the 
glass, will leave it on the table, and making another bow retire. 



TO FIND OUT THE TWO FIRST LETTERS OP A FU- 
TURE WIFE OR HUSBAND'S NAME. 

Take a small Bible and the key of the street-door, and having 
opened at Solomon's Songs, chap. viii. verses 6 and 7, place 
the wards of the key on those two verses and let the loop of 
the key be about an inch out of the top of the Bible, then shut 
the book and tie it round with your garter so as the key will 
not move, and the person who wishes to know his or her future 
husband or wife's signature must suspend the Bible by putting 
the middle finger of the right hand under the loop of the key, 
and the other person in the like manner on the other side of 
the key; then repeat the following passage, after the other 
person's saying the alphabet, one 1 tter to each time repeating. 

*' Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm, 
for love is strong as death, jealousy is cruel as the grave ; the 
coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement 
flame. 

''Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods 
drown it ; if a man would give all the substance of his house 
for love, it would utterly be contemned." 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

It must be observed that you mention to the person who re- 
peats the verses, before you begin, which you intend to try 
first, whether the surname or christian name, and take care 
lo hold the Bible steady. When you arrive at the appointed 
letter the book will turn round under your finger, and that you 
will find to be the first letter of your intended's name. 



TO DISCOVER TRUTH FROM FALSEHOOD. 

If you suspect your servant, or any other person of tCxi'iiZ a 
lie, or false Swjx-y, that may be to your prejudice, o^ i^vherwise, 
he not so rash as to charge them with it "^directly, but try the 
following rule of art, to inform you fcr a certainty of that 
wiiich 3^ou can at present only surmise or suspect, without any 
real ground : — 

Write the name of the party, and the name of the day the 
discourse took place, which you cacnot believe, and then mind 
the following alphabet and figures : — 



A 

10 


B 

2 


C 
20 


D 

4 


E 
14 


F 
6 


G 
6 


11 

7 


I 
20 


K 
11 


L 
11 


M 

12 


4 



14 


P 
G 


Q 

16 


R 

18 


S 
18 


T 

10 


V 

2 


X 

2 


Y 

4 


Z 

14 





Take the letters, and figures belonging to them that will 
make the name of the party suspected, as well as those that 
form the name of the day, to which add 26, then divide the 
whole by 7, should the remainder be odd, you may rest assured 
the party has told you an untruth, which you may charge them 
"^vith, and either by open confession, blushes, or some other 
sign, you may easily discover the deception. But on the con- 
trary, if it be even, you may rely on the truth of what haa 
been told you. 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 



MADAME JOHNSON'S METHOD FOR TELLING FOE 
TUNES BY LINES IN THE HAND. 

Observe always to choose the left hand, because the heail 
and brain have more influence over it than the right hand* 
and observe further, it is better to examine these lines when 
the lady is in good health, for then they appear full. 

By this the reader will see that one of the lines, and which 
indeed is reckoned the principal, is calle I the line of life ; this 
line encloses the thumb, separating it from the' hollow of the 
hand. The next to it, which is called the natural line, takes 
its beginning from the rising of the middle finger. The table 
line, commonly called the line of fortune, begins under the 
little finger, and ends near the forefinger. The girdle of 
Venus, another line so called, begins near the joint of the 
forefinger, and ends in the middle finger. The line of death is 
a counter line to the line of life, and is by some called the s s- 
ter line. There are also lines in the fleshy parts, as in the ball 
of the thumb, which is called the mount of Venus, which are 
each governed by the several planets, and the hollow of the 
hand is called the place of Mars. 

If the lines which are in the middle of the hand, and are 
called the table lines, are broad and fair, without being broken, 
it is a sure, sign the parties will lead a happy life. 

If the line from the wrist goes straight up to the little finger 
it is a better sign than if broken, for then it denotes the party 
will live to a good old age ; but on the contrary, should the 
line want contmuity, they are in danger of sudden death. 

If the line of life, which is that which runs from the wrist by 
the bail of the thumb, and ends directly under the forefinger, is 
clear, and ends without breaks, it denotes possession, prosper- 
ity, and happy old age. Round lines, like semicircles on the 
inside of the tips of the fingers, promise houses, land, and in- 
heritance. As many lines or crosses as a woman has* in her 
wrist, so msmy children she may expect to have. 

If the middle or table lines, in the hand, are very narrow and 
contracted, it is a sign of poverty and crosses in the world. If 
a crooked line goes through the table line, it is a sign of death 
by accident or violence, but if it runs straight even through, iS 
is a good sign. 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 



THE ART OF TELLING FORTUNES BY THE GROUNDS 
OF TEA OR COFFEE. 

Pour out the grounds of tea or coffee into a white cup ; shake 
them well in it, and reverse it in the saucer. It is not to be ex- 
pected that the figures will be accurately represented, but the 
more fertile the fancy sliall be of the person inspecting the cup, 
the more he will discover in it. 

The Roads, or serpentine lines, indicate ways; if they are 
covered with clouds and in the thick, they are marks of past or 
future reverses; but if in the clear and serene, are a token of 
some fortunate change ; encompassed with many points or dots, 
they signify gain of money, likewise long life. 

The Ring signifies marriage. If the ring is in the clear, it 
portends happiness; surrounded with clouds denotes that the 
party must use precaution lest they be deceived. It is most in- 
auspicious if the ring appear at the bottom of the cup, as it 
forebodes separation. 

The Anchor implies success in business if at bottom ; at the 
top in the clear, love and constancy ; in thick or cloudy parts, 
love, but inconstant. 

The CoflQn prognosticates long illness if it be in thick; in the 
clear, long life. 

The Star, in the clear, denotes happiness; clouded or in the 
thick, it signifies long life ; if dots are about it, it f ortells for- 
tune, wealth, honors, &c. 

The Serpent is a sure sign of an enemy. On the top or in 
the middle shows victory over him, in the cloudy part it will 
not be so easy. 

The Cross, be there one or more, predicts adversity. At the 
top, in the clear, denotes the party's misfortunes to be near an 
end. 

The Heart. If in the clear, it signifies future pleasure ; if 
surrounded with dots, it promises recovery of money; if two 
are toge^iier, it shows the party is about marrying. 

The Rod shows difference with relations about legacies; in 
the thick, illness. 

Flowers. If the party be married, he may expect good 
children, who will be a blessing to him in his old age. 

Mountains. If only one, it indicates the favor of people of 
high rank; if clouded, powerful foes. 

Fish imply lucky events by watc^r, if in the clear; if in the 
thick, the consulter will fish in troubled water. 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 
MOLES. 

A mole on the right side of the forehead, or right temple, 
pigDifies the person will arrive to sudden wealth and honor. 

A mole on the right eyebrow foretells speedy marriage, the 
husband to possess good qualities and a large fortune. 

A mole on the left of either of those three places portends 
unexpected disappointment in your most sanguine wishes. 

A mole on the outside of either eye, denotes the person to be 
of a steady, sober, sedate disposition. 

A mole on either cheek, signifies that the person never shall 
rise above mediocrity in point of fortune. 

A mole on the nose shows the that person will have good suc- 
cess in his or her undertakings. 

A molo on the chin indicates prosperity. 

A mole on the side of the neck shows the person will nar- 
rowly escape suffocation; but will afterwards rise to honor. 

A mole on the throat, denotes that the person shall become 
rich by marriage. 

A mole on the right breast indicates the person to be exposed 
to a suduen reverse from comfort to distress. 

A mole On the left breast, signifies success in undertakings. 

A mole on the bosom signifies health and fortune. 

A mole under the left breast, over the heart, shows that a 
man will be of a warm disposition and unsettled in mind. In 
a lady; it shows sincerity in love, and easy travail in child- 
birth. 

. A mole on the right side over any part of the ribs, denotes 
the person to be pusillanimous, and slow in understanding. 

A mole on the belly shows the person to be addicted to sloth 
and gluttony, and not very choice in point of dress. 

A mole on the hip shows the person will have many 
children. 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

A mole on the right thigh is an indication of riches. 

A mole on the left thigh denotes poverty and want of 
♦:' fiends. 

A mole on the right knee shows the person will be fortunate 
m the choice of a partner for life. 

A mole on the left knee portends that the person will be 
rash, inconsiderate and hasty, but modest when in cool blood. 

A mole on either ankle denotes a man to be inclined to effe- 
minacy—a lady, to be active, with tritie of termagant. 

A mole on either foot forebodes unexpected misfortune. 

A mole on the right shoulder indicates prudence and wisdom. 

A mole on the left shoulder declares a testy, contentious, and 
ungovernable spirit. 

A mole on the right arm denotes vigor and courage. 

A mole on the left arm shows resolution and victory in battle. 

A mole near either elbow, denotes restlessness, with those 
which they are obliged to live constantly with. 

A mole between the elbow and the wrist promises the person 
prosperity, but not liutil he has undergone many hardships. 

A mole on the wrist, or between it and the end of the fingers, 
>liows industry, parsimony, and conjugal affection. 

A mole on any part from the shoulders to the loins, is indica- 
'ive of unperceptible decline and gradual decay, whether of 
aealth or wealth. 



JOITCERNING CHILDREN BORN ON ANY DAY OP 
THE WEEK. 

Sunday.— The child born on Sunday will obtain great riches, 
iUd be long-lived and happy. 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

Monday. — Not very successful, irresc 8"bject to be im- 

posed on, good-natured, and willing lo u^ .^er}; ' ing in his 
power. 

Tuesday. — The person born will be subject to violent starts 
of passion, and not easily reconciled. 

Wednesday. — Will be given to study, and excel in literature. 

Thursday. — The child born will attain great riches and honor, 
and will be of a sanguine temperament. 

Friday. — The child born will be of a strong constitution. 

Saturday. — Is an unlucky day, but the child may come to 
good, though generally of an evil disposition. 



mrORMATION FOR MOTHERS, ON THE POWER OF 

THE RULING PLANEl"^, AND THE FATE 

OF THEIR OFFSPRING. 

Aries, from 21st March to 19lh April, inclusive. 

Aries, or the Ram ; ruler of congenial spring, 
Now invites you to rejoice, and o'er your child sing. 
Successful business and money it doth presage. 
Also a courageous temper, health and old age. 

Taurus, from 20th April to 20th May, inclusive. 

If under Taurus, the Bull, male children are born. 
Fond of larms and vineyards, they'll gather fruit and 

corn, 
Will delight in singing and pleasure, and fine dress, 
Females born under this sign, meet little success. 

Gemini, from 21st May to 21st June, inclusive. 

Gemini, or Twins, bestow in children good parts. 
They wil incline to wisdom and the fine arts. 
Great abilities they will show, and learn with ease. 
Be fond of good company, and with their wit pleasa 

Cancer, from 22d June to 22d July, inclusive. 

Cancer, the Crab, is an acute and subtle sign, 
A babe with an inventive genius shall be thine. 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

Three-one. A great discovery is at hand 
Three-blank. An illegitimate child. 
Double-two. You will have a jealous partner. 

Two-one. You will soon find something to your advantage 

in the street or road. 

Two-blank. You will lose money or some article of value. 

Double-one. The loss of a friend, whom you will very 
much miss. 

One-blank. You are being closely watched by one whom 
you little expect. 

Double- blank. The worst presage in all the set; you will 
meet trouble from a quarter for which you are quite unpre- 
pared. 

It is useless for persons to draw more than three dominoes 
at one time of trial, or in one and the same week, as they 
will only deceive themselves. Shuffle the dominoes each 
time of choosing. 



AUGURY BY DICE. 

Take three dice, shake them well in the box with your left 
hand, and then cast them out on a board or table, on which you 
have previously drawn a circle with chalk. 

Three. A pleasing surprise. 

Four. A disagreeable one. 

Five. A stranger who will prove a friend» 

Six. Lo?s of property. 

Seven. Undeserved scandal. 

Eight, merited reproach. 

Nine. A wedding. 



THE PEKFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

Ten. A christening. 
Eleven. A death that concerns you. 
Twelve. A letter speedily. 
Thirteen. Tears and Sighs. 

Fonrteen. Beware that you are not drawn into some trouble 

or plot by a secret enemy. 

Fifteen. Immediate prosperty and happiness. 

Sixteen. A pleasant journey. 

Seventeen. You will either be on the water, or hiave dealings 
with those belonging to it, to your advantage. 

Eighteen. A great profit, rise in life, or some most desirable 
good will happen almost immediately. 

To show the same number twice at one trial, portends news 
from abroad, be the number what it may. If the dice roll over 
the circle, the number thrown goes for nothing, but the occur- 
rence shows sharp words ; and if they fall to the floor, it is 
blows. In throwing out the dice, if one remains on the top oi 
the other, it is an omen of which I would have them take care. 



THE EGYPTlAi^ CIRCLE; 



OS, 




Ancient Wheel of Fortune. 



THE EGYPTIAN CIRCLE; 

OR, 

ANCIENT WHEEL OF FORTUNE. 



The Egyptian Circle was -jp^^zh used by the aticients, who 
were pious and devout men. Vhey always duly observed the 
same rules and directions in respect to their qualification and 
preparation in noble science, as they did in the science ol 
Geomancy. 

THE EGYPTIAN CIECLE SHOWS: 

1. "Whether you shall obtain the favor of the person you desire ? 

2. If the querent shall meet with the preferment he wisheth 
for? 

3. Whether a sick person will recover ? 

4. If the ^aid sickness will be long or short ? 

5. Shall your expectation or wish succeed ? 

6. If it is good for you to marry, or otherwise 1 

7. Whether the friendship of a certain person will prove 
advantageous or not ? 

8. Whether a person shall be rich or poor ? &c., &c. 

Rule. — The person whose fortune is to be told, must plac^ 
the Wheel of Fortune face downwards, prick it into a num- 
ber (with the eyes shut), then refer for an explanation, which 
stands at the corresponding number as that you pricked into. 

The following observations answer for either sex the party* 
therefore, trying this Wheel, must alter wife for husband, or 
list as the answers may suit either party: 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

t. If this niiraber is fixed upon, it assures the person that 
you will marry a homely person, but rich. 

2. Whatever your intentions are, for the present decline 
them. Those absent will return. 

3. Shows loss of friends ; bad success at law ; loss of money , 

unfaithfulness in love. 

4. If your desires are extravagant, they will not be granted ; 
but mind how you make use of your fortune. 

5. Very good fortune ; sudden prosperity ; great respec* 
from high personages ; a letter bringing important news. 

6. Look well to those who owe you money, if ever so little; 
a letter of abuse may be expected. 

7. Your lover will act constant and true towards you. 

8. A friend has crossed the sea and will bring home riches, by 
which you will be much benefited. 

9. A loving partner ; success in your undertakings ; a large 
and prosperous family. 

10. Your husband will not have a great fortune, but with 
assistance is likely to live in middling circumstances. 

11. A very sudden journey with a pleasant fellow-traveler, 
and the result of the journey will be generally beneficial to 
your family. 

12. You may regain that which you have lost with gi-eat 
perseverance and trouble. 

13. A letter of importance will arrive, announcing the death 
of a relative for whom you have no very great respect, but who 
has left you a legacy. 

14. By venturing carefully you wUl gain doubly, though you 
will suffer great privation. 

15. You will meet with many crosses before you are comfort- 
ably settled* 

16. Too sudden acqaintance with the opposite sex but which 
will be opposed ; notwithstanding the party should persevere, 
as it wiD be to his or her advantage. 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

17 Ln agreeable partner, a good temper, and a large family 
of children. 

18. Let the chooser of this number persevere ; for your 
scliemes are good, and must succeed. 

19. You will marry young, and have dutiful children. 

20. Your lover may be low in circumstances, but affectionate. 

21. Your marriage will add to your welfare, and you will be 
rery happy. 

22 A drunken partner, bad success in trade, but the party 
will never be very poor, though always unhappy. 

23. Do not neglect your lover ; let your conduct command 
respect. 

24. You have many friends, and will probably have a large 
and virtuous family. 

25. Your travels will be prosperous, if you are prudent. 

26 You have many enemies who will endeavor to make you 
unhappy. 

27. The luck that is ordained for you will be coveted by 
others. 

28. Be very prudent in your conduct, as this number is very 
precarious, and much depends upon yourself ; it is generally 
good. 

29. Beware, or you will be deceived by the person you are 
paying your attentions to. 

30. You love one who is affectionate and true, and deserves 
respect. 

81. You too fantastically refuse offers. Be prudent when you 
accept, or you will be sorry. 

32. You will be very unfortunate for a short time, but he 
careful, and your situation will very soon alter. 

33. A fortune will be yours, but be not over anxious. 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

34. Alter your intentions, or you will be sorry when it is too 
late. 

35. You will have a rich but jealous partner, and will live 
very uncomfortable. 

^6. You will have a sober, steady, and affectionate partner, 
but poor. 

37. A very good fortune, sudden prosperity, and a large fam- 
ily. 

38. The person who choses this unlucky number must look 
well to their conduct, or justice will overtake them. 

39. Remain among your friends, then you will escape misfor- 
tune. 

40. You will have an affectionate partner, but no family; and 
a large fortune. 

41. If you have a fortune, be charitable; if but little, be fru- 
gal. 

42. You will have a quarrel with your lover through jealousy. 
48. You must bear your losses with fortitude. 

44. You will get a handsome, young, wealthy partner. 

45. When your conduct changes, your fortune will mend, by 
marrying a rich partner. 

46. You have mixed with bad company, and you may depend 
on it that you will be brought to disgrace. 

47. A large family of healthy children, give them learning, 
and they will honor their father and mother. 

48. You will be very unfortunate at first, but persevere and 
your schemes will be successful. 

49. You have a number of secret enemies who will try to do 
you an injury; be on your guard and you will prosper. 

50. Your happiness will consist in doing good ; they are 
pleasing spots in the memory which vexations cannot craise. 

51. You will die an old maid; you have been too whimsical 
in choosing for yourself a partner. 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

52. Your lover will travel on the continent, and will be very 
fiuccessful. 

53. You will marry a person with whom you will have but 
little comfort. 

54. This is a very lucky number, whatever you do will 
always prove successful. 

55. After much misfortune, you will be pretty comfortable 
and happy. 

56. Good conduct will produce much luck and happiness. 

57. Through affection you will marry unfortunately, but 
you must make one another happy. 

58. You have many lovers, but mind how you choose, or 
else you will suffer for it. 

59. Your lover is on his return home. 

60. A letter announcing loss of money. 

61. You have a secret enemy, mind or he will do you somje 
harm. 

62. Warns you against the evil consequences of idlecesf 
either in yourself or partner. 

63. Your partner will be very rich, but very neglectful. 

64. You will be very poor and miserable with one child. 

65. Sincere love from an upright heart will be rewarded. 

66. You will marry an old person with whom you will b* 
very happy. 

67. Plenty of offers will happen before one is worthy a» 
«W3ceptance, be cautious how you make your choice. 

68. You will play with the mouse till till you lose it. 

69. Take heed, you are being deceived by your lover. 

70. You will meet with great trouble, you should have con- 
sulted your friends. 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

71. Beware, the person you love does not love you, he seeks 
your ruin. 

73. If you marry in haste you will be deceived ; wait patiently 
and you will be happy. 

73. Hard work, hard fare, little joy, and much care. 

74. A scolding wife, .but rich. 

75. Your parner will be very rich, but will have no children. 

76. You have a rival, be not deceived; depend on our tablets, 
aud you will better your condition. 

77. You will have many children, but will be very poor. 

78. Do not delay, hasten your marriage, or you will lose 
your virtue. 

79. Your wife will have no children, and will be addicted to 
drinking liquors. 

80. Be honest and industrious and you will triumph over your 
enemies. 

81. You will have children, who, if you give them good 
education, will make you happy. 

83. You will fall into great difficulties, you will lose your 
partner and marry a drunkard. 

83. Hasten your marriaQ:e, the person is faithful, and you 
will be happy. 

84. You must break off the connection you have formed, or 
you will come to absolute want. 

85 . Your lover is jealous of you, and will break of the con- 
nection. 

80. You will travel on the continent and be married there, 
but will have nu children. 

87. You will get married, but not till you begin to get old. 

88. Beware, you have a secret enemy, who will try and do 
you some injury. 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

89. You will die an old maid. 

90. You will marry three different times, and still be very 
poor and miserable. 

91. The person you are paying your attentions to is deceit" 
ful. 

93. If you marry you will have great trouble and many 
children ; be persuaded, and live single, then you will be happy. 

93. You will live to a great age and be happy. 

94. There is a young man dying in love lor you, but mind 
you are not led astray. 

95. You will marry poor, but m tne end be rich. 

96. You are too whimsical and deceitful ever to be happy. 

97. Be not flattered, for you have an amorous sweetheart. 

98. A shocking accident will happen to you, or to ycHii 
children, which will cause great trouble. 

99. You will discover your false lover. 

100. You will have a very handsome, but artful partnei . 



GREEK FIRE AND OTHER ANCIENT MYSTERIES. 



The Rabbins, given up to the study of tbo Cabbala, speak of 
a light belonging to saints, to the elect, upon whose counte- 
nance it shines miraculously from their )Mrth, or when they 
have merited this sign of glory. Arnobus. on the authority of 
Hermippus, gives to the magician Zoroai^ter a belt of tire; a 
suitable ornament for the institulor of t je worship of fire. A 
philosopher of the present age would be very little embarrassed 
how to produce these brilliant wonders, pcrliculaily if their 
duration was not required to be much prolonged. 

The Druids extended the resources of science much farther. 
The renowned person, who, in the poem ol Lucan, proclaims 
their magical power, boasts of possessing the secret of making 
a forest appear on fire, when it does not burn. Ossian paints 
old men, mixed with the sons of Loda, and at night making 
conjurations round a cromlech, or circle of stones; and, at 
their command, burning meteors arose, which teriified the 
warriors of Fingal, and by the light of which Ossian distin- 
guished the chief of the enemy's warriors. An English trans- 
lation of Ossian observes that every bright flame, sudden, and 
resembling lightning, is called in Gaelic, the Druid's flame. It 
is to this flame that Osskm compares the sword of his son 
Oscar. Connected with the recital of the bard, this expression 
indicates that the Druids possessed the art of causing flames to 
ai)pcar, for the purpose of dismaying their enemies. 

We may join to the traits of resemblance alread^y observed 
])L'tvv^een t lO Celts and the ancient inhabitants of Italy, the fable 
of Csculus, the founder of the city o^ Preneste. " Wishing to 
make himself known as the son of the god Vulcan, he im- 
plored the aid of his sire, when suddenly an as embled multi- 
tude, who had refused to acknowledge his brilliant origin, were 
enveloped in flames, and the alarm quickly subdued their in- 
credulity. 

We may remark, that Caeculus, most probablv, ]iad chosen 
the place of assembly, and that the Druids oi;l> exervun^d theii 



THE PERFECT FORTUNE TELLER. 

power in sacred enclosures, interdicted to the profane, as in 
certain optical illusions where fire has often played a part; for 
these apparent miracles required a theater suiiab'e to those who 
worked them ; and, in other places, in spite of the urgency of 
necessity, they would have experienced great difficulty in any 
attempt to produce them. 

The instantaneous development of latent heat is not less 
likely to excite astonishment, particularly if waier kindles the 
flames. Substances susceptible of evolving heat, or of taking 
lire, in absorbing or in decomposing water, are numerous, and 
they have very often occasioned fires, such as were attributed, 
formerly, to negligence or to malice. Stacks of damp hay, and 
slates of p3Tites, moistened by a warm shower, will produce 
this phenomenon. 

Were the Thaumaturgists acquainted with phenomena sim- 
ilar to the latter? I reply, without doubt, they were. The 
prodigious heat which is emitted by quicklime sprinkled with 
water could not have escaped their observation, Now, let us 
suppose that a sufficient quantity of quicklime is hidden at the 
bottom of a pit, or kiln, and that the pit is then filled with 
snow ; the absorbed snow will disappear, and the interior tem- 
perature of the pit or kiln will be so much more raised, owing 
to its being thus closely shut, that less of the expanded heat 
will be allowed to escape— and an apparent miracle will be pro- 
claimed. Thus, a writer of legends has ornamented the history 
of St. Patrick, by relating that the apostle of Ireland lighted a 
kiln with snow. 

Theophrastus gives the name of spinon to a stone which is 
met with in certain mines, and which, if pounded, and then 
exposed to the sun, ignites of itself, particularly if care has 
been taken to wet it first. The spinon, there can be little doubt, 
is merely an efflorescing pyrites. The stone named gagates 
(true pyritic jet) is black, porous, light, friable, and resembles 
burned wood. It exhales a disagreeable odor, and, when it is 
heated, it attracts other bodies in the same manner as amber. 
The smoke which it exhales in burning relieves women attacked 
with hysterics, and it is kindled by means of water, and ex- 
tinguished when immersed in oil. The latter peculiarity was 
also the distinguishing feature of a stone which, according to 
^lian and Dioscorides, ignited in a like manner, when sprinkled 
with water, and, in burning, exhaled a strong bituminous 
smell; but, as it was extinguished by blowing above it, its 
combustion seems to have depended on the escape of a gaseous 
vapor. 

Those three substances, whether they were the productiona 



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of art or of nature, might have sufficed to work miraculous 
conflagrations. But Pliny and Isidore of Seville have described 
a fourth, still more powerful— a black stone that is found in 
Persia, and which, if broken between the fingers, burns them. 
This is precisely the effect produced by a bit of pyro;)horus. or 
phosphorus stone, and this wonderful stone was probably noth- 
ing else. It is known that phosphorus, melted by heat, may 
become black and solid, and tlie word stone ought not to im- 
pose more upon us here than the words lake and fountain when 
a liquid is spoken of. Custom has consecrated in our own 
language the words infernal stone {lajns infernalis) and cauter- 
izing stone, for a pharmaceutical preparation. 

But were the ancients acquainted with phosphorus and pyro - 
phorus? I reply in the alhrmative, since they relate w^onders 
which could have been produced by no other means than the 
employment of these substances, or by reactives, endowed with 
analogous properties. We shall have occasion to mention an 
ancient description of the effects of a combination of phos- 
phorus, a description as exact as if it had been made at the 
present time by a modern chemist. As to pyrophorus, science pos- 
sesses so many substances which ignite after some minutes' expo- 
sure to the air, that it may, without improbability,be believed that 
many of them were know^n to the ancients. Without mention- 
ing bitumens as being highly inflammable, or petroleum, or 
naphtha, which take fire at the approach of a lighted candle, 
how many of the residue of distilktions kindle spontaneously 
in a damp atmosphere. This property, to which no attention 
is paid, except to explain it by a general principle, was cer- 
tainly never neglected by the performers of apparent miracles, 
since the art of distillation formed an importani part of the 
sacred sciences. 

We will not then hesitate to believe, though it may well as- 
tonish us, what history relates of a vestal threatened with the 
punishment reserved for those who allowed the sacred fire to 
go out, that she had only to spread her veil over the altar in 
order that the flame should suddenly rekindle, and burn more 
vividly than before. From beneath the friendly veil, we may 
imagine that we perceive a grain of phosphorus oi of pyrop- 
horus to fall on the hot cinders, and supply the place of the in- 
tervention of the divinity. 

Nor need we longer share the incredibility of Horace, respect- 
ing the apparent miracle which was worked in the sanctuary of 
Gnatia, where the incense kindled of itself in honor cf the 

fods. We also may understand how Seleucus, sacrificing to 
upiter, saw Ihe wood -pile upon the altar ignite spontaneously 
to offer a brilliant presage of his future greatness; neither can 



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we deny thai the Theurgist Maxiraus, offering incense to He- 
cate, might have been able to announce that the torches which 
tlie goddess held would light themselves spontaneously, and 
that his prediction had been accomplished. 

Notwithstanding the precautions which the love of mystery 
inspired, and which was seconded by the enthusiasoa of admir- 
ation, the working of the science was sometimes openly shown 
in its assumed miracles. Pausanias relates what he saw in two 
'cities of Lydia, the inhabitants of which, subjected to the yoke 
of the Persians, had embraced the religion of the Magi. "In a 
chapel, *' he says, ''is an altar, upon which there are always 
ashes, that in color do not resemble any others. That Magi placed 
some wood upon the altar, and invoked I know not what god, 
by orisons taken from a book written in a barbarous language 
unknown to the Greeks; the wood soon ignited of itself without 
fire, and the flame of it was very brilJiani." 

The extraordinary color of the cinders, which were always 
kept upon the altar; doubtlessly concealed an inflammable com- 
position; simply, perhaps, earth soaked in petroleum or naph- 
tha — a species of fuel still employed in Persia, in every place 
where these bituminous substances are common. The Magi, 
in placing tliewood, probably threw there, without jtsbeingper- 
ceived, a few grains of pyrophorus, or of that stone which was 
found in Persia, and which was kindled by a light pressure. 
While the orison lasted, the action of either substance had time 
to develop itself. 

The vine- branches w^hich a priest placed upon an altar, near 
Agrigentum, lighted spontaneously in the same manner. Sol- 
inus adds, that the flame ascended from the altar toward the 
assistants without incommoding them. The circumstance an- 
nounces that between the vine- branches a gas escaped, and was 
lighted from below the altar, in a manner similar to that at 
Mount Eryx, where a perpetual flame is preserved on the altar 
of Venus. The fumes of a spirituous liquor would hive pro- 
duced the same phenomenon. By the inflammation of an ethe- 
real flaid, also, may be explained the power that Fromann at- 
tributes to the Zingari of making fire appear upon a single 
bundle of straw placed among many others, and of extinguish- 
ing it at pleasure. In this manner school- boys amuse them- 
selves by making alcohol burn in their hands; a puff of breath 
disperses the flame at the moment when they begin to feel the 
heat of it. 

"It has been observed," says Buffon, /'that some sub- 
stances thrown up by ^tna, after having been cooled during 
several years and then moibtened with rain, have rekindled 
ftnd thrown off flames, with an explosion violent enough to pro 



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duce evea a slight earthquake." The composition of these vol- 
canic productions may liave been imitated by art, or the Thau- 
maturgist may have carefully collected and preserved those 
which nature had formed. One of the four stones inflammable 
by water, of which we have spoken, shall be explained else- 
where. 

In fact we may remark, with a man -whom science and his 
country have equally regretted, that quicklime mixed with sul- 
phur, b}^ the heat which it emits when sprinkled with water, first 
fuses, and then causes the combustion of the sulphur: that this 
mixture rapidly sets on fire mixed with sulphur and chlorate of 
potassa, and suddenly ignites gunpowder and phosphorus; and 
that, in the latter case, there exists a physical means of fixing 
the precise moment when the developed heat will cause the com- 
bustion. 

Let us transport ourselves among a people whose first histori- 
cal centuries, owing to the marvefous recitals with which they 
are filled, are thiown back into the indefinite ages of mythol- 
ogy. 

The impartial reader will follow us in the march of these re- 
citals. Let him weigh well all the expressions which Dejctnira 
employs for describing* the first effects of the Blood of Nessus, a 
marvellous philter, with which she impregnated the precious 
tunic that was to bring back the heart of her inconstant hus 
band. *']^essus," says she, advised me to keep this liquid in a 
dark place until the moment when I wished to make use of it. 
This is what I have done. To-day, in the dark, with a flock of 
wool dipped in the liquid, I have dyed the tunic which I have 
sent, after having shut it in a box, without its having been ex- 
posed to the light. The flock of wool, exposed to the sun upon 
a stone, was spontaneously consumed, without having been 
touched by any one. It was reduced to ashes, into a powder 
resemblmg that, which the saw caf.ises to fall from wood. I 
have observed that above the stone on which I had placed it 
froth bubbles appeared, like those which, in autumn, are pro- 
duced from wine poured from a height." 

Let a chemist read these details, stripped of all mythological 
recollections; what will he recognize in this pretended philter, 
given by the hand of vengeance, and which, from its consist- 
ence, color, or some other property, received the appellation of 
blood? I reply, a liquid preparation of phosphorus, which, 
owing to the proportions of its elements, inflamed spontane 
ously when it was exposed to the light and heat of the sun. 
The phosphoric acid produced from its combustion would pro- 
duce upon the stone the effervescence which struck the eyes of 



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Dejanira, and also the ashes of the wool reduced to dry and in- 
sohible phosphate. 

Hercules clothed himself with the fatal tunic; then he sacri- 
ficed twelve bulls ; but scarcely had he taken the fire to the 
wood-pile on which the victims were deposited, than he felt the 
effects of the philter. The vicinity of the flame, the chemist 
will say, and the humid heat of the skin of a man who works 
with strength and activity before a kindled pile will infallibly 
determine, though without visible inflammation, the decompo- 
sition of the phosphoret spread upon the garment. The com- 
pound being dried up, and therefore much more caustic, would 
act upon all parts of the body, disorganize the skin and the 
flesh, and, by inexpressible pains, cause the death of its unfor- 
tunate victim. Even at this day, when its nature is not un- 
known, it would be difficult to arrest the action once begun 
of these consuming substances; formerly it would have been 
impossible. 



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